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Capturing all the joy and energy that mark the sport of basketball, bestselling and award-winning superstar author Derrick Barnes shines a light on the amazing ballers, buzzer-beaters, and record-breakers who haven’t always gotten the attention they deserve. Who Got Game? Basketball, the second book in his sports series, following Who Got Game? Baseball, weaves together great storytelling, lively illustrations, and a far-ranging selection of facts, stats, sidebars, and quotes.
Middle-grade readers will discover the highest-scoring game in NCAA history. The influential center, George Mikan, who created the modern big man role, and 5'3" Muggsy Bogues, the shortest player ever to star in the pros. The pioneering Senda Berenson Abbott, creator of the women’s game. The legendary Rucker Park b-ball court in Harlem, New York. Plus the first African American players and coaches, greatest comeback victories and earth-shattering slam dunks, longest winning streaks, and so much more. This book will hit you like a three-pointer from half-court!
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Release date
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Kindle Book
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781523527106
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- ISBN: 9781523527106
- File size: 47693 KB
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- English
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December 15, 2023
Two-time Kirkus Prize winner Barnes highlights some potentially unfamiliar records and achievements on the court. The author positively pours out facts and anecdotes about lesser known, or at least less celebrated, "batters, buzzer-beaters, and record-breakers"--from tributes to the early barnstorming "Black Fives" and Wataru "Wat" Misaka, the NBA's first non-white player, to accounts of Scott Skiles' 30 assists in 1990 and Bernard King, who came back to finish a Hall of Fame career after shattering a knee. Despite noting that basketball is enjoyed across the world, "from Boston to Barcelona to Beijing," he seldom glances overseas, and notwithstanding a nod to Title IX, the scattered accounts of the feats of women high school, collegiate, or WNBA players and teams definitely don't get equal time. Still, with contagious enthusiasm, he invites readers to marvel at trick dunks and full-court shots of the past, weird games such as the NCAA contest that ended up 258-141, and other wonders--not to mention the careers of players, coaches, and even announcers and executives from the usual marquee names to coach Pat Summitt (1,098 wins), A.C. Green (1,192 consecutive games), and 5'3" pro Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues. Even non-fans will enjoy the breathless tales of miracle comebacks Barnes dishes out on his way to a closing pep talk. The mostly brown-skinned cartoon figures in Tuya's action scenes properly underscore the narrative tone by sporting fierce game faces or appropriately amazed expressions. Fast-break fun for both students and non-students of the game. (glossary, web sites) (Nonfiction. 10-13)COPYRIGHT(2023) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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