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41) Hoop heroes
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
47 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents the lives, playing statistics, and basketball careers of Patrick Ewing, Penny Hardaway, Grant Hill, and Stephen Marbury.
42) Where hope grows
Publisher
Roadside Attractions LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Former pro baseball player Calvin Campbell's faith in God is restored when he meets Produce, an inspirational man with Down syndrome. As their friendship develops, Calvin is reminded that hope grows in the most unlikely places.
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications Co
Pub. Date
c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
64 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the career of the NBA center from his journey from Nigeria to the University of Houston through his success in professional basketball.
45) The chance
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Vowing to meet eleven years after sealing letters they wrote to each other in an old metal box, best friends Ellie and Nolan both have reservations about seeing each other again as loneliness, personal tragedies, and a lack of faith haunt both of them.
47) Larry Bird
Author
Publisher
Crestwood House
Pub. Date
c1986
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Publisher
Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 46 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follow Michael Jordan's last basketball season as he leads the Chicago Bulls to their sixth NBA championship. Provides a rare glimpse of Michael Jordan on and off the court.
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
112 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A dual biography of two star players for the Chicago Bulls, describing their separate basketball careers and how they have performed as teammates.
50) All time greats
Author
Series
Publisher
Rourke Corp
Pub. Date
c1992
Physical Desc
48 p. : ports. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 x 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Michael Jordan was once just an ordinary little boy growing up in a North Carolina suburb, trying to keep up with his older brother Larry. Michael was always good at sports, but it seemed like Larry was always going to be bigger, quicker, and luckier. But Michael never gave up, and his practicing began to pay off. Then one summer day during a backyard game of one-on-one, Larry Jordan's "little" brother took him--and the whole family--by surprise!...
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
1997
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Profiles the basketball superstar, who retired from the Chicago Bulls at age thirty, played minor league baseball, and then returned to professional basketball in 1994.
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
104 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the basketball superstar, from his childhood in Alabama through his years at Auburn University to his career with the Philadelphia 76ers and the Phoenix Suns.
55) Just Wright
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Leslie Wright (Latifah) is a straight-shooting physical therapist who gets the gig of a lifetime working with injured NBA star Scott McKnight (Common). Leslie not only whips Scott into shape, she helps take his game to the next level and all is going well-- until Leslie finds herself falling for him. Oblivious to her growing affection, Scott only has eyes for Morgan (Paula Patton), Leslie's sexy and seductive friend. With everything on the line,...
56) Michael Jordan
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo & Daughters Pub
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the life and basketball career of the high-scoring player who led the Chicago Bulls to four NBA championships.
57) Grown ups 2
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lenny has decided to relocate his family back to the small town to have his kids grow up where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grownups are the ones learning lessons from their kids on a day notoriously full of surprises: the last day of school.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 20
Physical Desc
xi, 340 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
With intimate, fly-on-the-wall detail, "When the Game Was Ours" transports readers to an electric era of basketball and reveals for the first time the inner workings of two players--Larry Bird and Earvin "Magic" Johnson--dead set on besting one another.
59) LeBron James
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an Imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of Lebron James details his childhood, professional history, and achievements
60) Larry Bird
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
c1995
Physical Desc
64 p. : ports. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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