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Publisher
GT Media
Pub. Date
2007, 2006.
Language
English
Description
Coach Clay Driscoll is a small town basketball coach who seems to have everything going against him. A team he doesn't want. A town that doesn't support girl's sports and small town politics that threaten to undermine any chance he has of winning. But his pride and his "girls" refuse to let him quit. Both the young women and their hard-headed coach fight for equality and a share of the dream, taking on the town prejudice and their own self-doubt....
2) Hoops
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A work of fiction inspired by a true story, Matt Tavares's debut graphic novel dramatizes the historic struggle for gender equality in high school sports. It is 1975 in Indiana, and the Wilkins Regional High School girls' basketball team is in their rookie season. Despite being undefeated, they practice at night in the elementary school and play to empty bleachers. Unlike the boys' team, the Lady Bears have no buses to deliver them to away games...
Author
Series
Candy apple books. Main series volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
SportsZone, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"This title highlights five important basketball skills and five top female athletes who have perfected those skills. Tips for improving each skill are perfect for young athletes looking to improve their game. The title features informative sidebars, exciting photos, a diagram, a glossary, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards"--Publisher's website.
Author
Publisher
Midway, An Agate Imprint
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The unlikely story of a Chicago high school basketball team that became one of their state's first-ever girls' basketball champions after the passage of Title IX, which banned gender discrimination in school athletics.
Publisher
Alpha Omega Publications
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
Armed with an unorthodox style and the help of a strong-willed assistant, St. Tammany prep school's new coach rebuilds the basketball team, bringing a handful of young women from a dark and dusty gym into the glaring light of a state championship.
Author
Publisher
McJohn Pub
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Sarah, a high school senior, receives an assignment to find a female ancestor whose life left a legacy for her. Sarah finds her Great-Grandmother Ruby's diary in which she writes about playing on a high school basktball championship team in 1925 and losing a treasured silver ring. Sarah's search uncovers a girls' sports history that spans across four generations of her family. This book is based on real-life stories collected from women who were high...
14) Bounce back
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Lilico's life in Japan is going well. She has great friends and is the captain of the school's basketball team. She's happy! Then comes her parents' news: they're moving to America! Before she knows it, Lilico finds herself in Brooklyn, New York, forced to start all over. And that won't be easy with her closest friends thousands of miles away or a school bully who immediately dislikes her. Luckily, anime-loving Nala and Henry eventually befriend Lilico...
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