Diary of a Basketball Hero

Author: Shamini Flint
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 174343958X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184

Book Description
Marcus Atkinson is a basketball hero (not!). But his dad is convinced that Marcus has magic in his bounce. Marcus is a maths whiz who is not good at sport. His dad is a self-help author who thinks Marcus can achieve anything he sets his mind to, with hilarious results. In illustrated diary format, Marcus's gentle, satiric humour and comic drawings will have readers laughing out loud while learning a surprising amount about sport.

Diary of a Basketball Hero

Author: Shamini Flint
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1760111503
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 113

Book Description
Marcus is a maths whiz who is not good at sport. His dad is a self-help author who thinks Marcus can achieve anything he sets his mind to . with hilarious results. In illustrated diary format, Marcus's gentle, satiric humour and comic drawings will have readers laughing out loud while learning a surprising amount about sport.

Diary of a Rugby Champ

Author: Shamini Flint
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1743313594
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114

Book Description
Marcus starts training for rugby at his father's urging with entertaining results.

Diary of a Soccer Star

Author: Shamini Flint
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 014333204X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 96

Book Description

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (National Book Award Winner)

Author: Sherman Alexie
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316219304
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 299

Book Description
A New York Times bestseller—over one million copies sold! A National Book Award winner A Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot. Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which is based on the author's own experiences, coupled with poignant drawings by Ellen Forney that reflect the character's art, chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he was destined to live. With a forward by Markus Zusak, interviews with Sherman Alexie and Ellen Forney, and black-and-white interior art throughout, this edition is perfect for fans and collectors alike.

The Basketball Diaries

Author: Jim Carroll
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0140100180
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 226

Book Description
The urban classic coming-of-age story about sex, drugs, and basketball Jim Carroll grew up to become a renowned poet and punk rocker. But in this memoir of the mid-1960s, set during his coming-of-age from 12 to 15, he was a rebellious teenager making a place and a name for himself on the unforgiving streets of New York City. During these years, he chronicled his experiences, and the result is a diary of unparalleled candor that conveys his alternately hilarious and terrifying teenage existence. Here is Carroll prowling New York City--playing basketball, hustling, stealing, getting high, getting hooked, and searching for something pure. The Basketball Diaries was the basis for the film of the same name starring Leonardo DiCaprio. "I met him in 1970, and already he was pretty much universally recognized as the best poet of his generation. . . . The work was sophisticated and elegant. He had beauty." -- Patti Smith

Divided Loyalties

Author: Bob Hurley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 232

Book Description
A unique, inside look at the exciting world of college basketball--from a famous basketball coach and father. On March 26, 1992--for the first time in the history of the NCAA tournament--two brothers opposed one another: Bobby Hurley faced his little brother Danny as Duke battled Seton Hall.

Full Court Press

Author: Eric Walters
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1554692288
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
Nick and Kia struggle to gain the acceptance of the other members of their basketball team.

Five Fouls and You're Out!

Author: Val Priebe
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1434293580
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 73

Book Description
Basketball star Carmen is a perfect dribbler, but her defense needs help. She gets five fouls at every game, and everybody knows it's five fouls and you're out! Carmen isn't sure what to do, but her friends are ready to help her stop fouling.

Double Scribble

Author: Jake Maddox
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1496594215
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description