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Basketball (or Something Like It)
Contributor(s): Baskin, Nora Raleigh (Author)

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 ISBN: 0060596120     ISBN-13: 9780060596125
Publisher: HarperCollins
OUR PRICE: $6.79  

Binding Type: Mass Market Paperbound - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: January 2007
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Annotation: With accurate portrayals of the action, drama, and fun that take place on and off the basketball court, Baskin focuses on the teamwork, fears, loyalty, and, most of all, the friendship between a team's members.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation - Basketball
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Siblings
Dewey: FIC
Age Level: 9-12
Grade Level: 4-7
Lexile Measure: 570(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.1" W x 7.6" L (0.30 lbs) 176 pages
Themes:
- Geographic Orientation - Connecticut
Features: Ikids, Price on Product
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 03/19/2007 pg. 67
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 85619
Reading Level: 4.1   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 4.0
 
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Publisher Description:

Basketball clinics, a revolving door of coaches, incensed parents, and the importance of the right sneakers--is that what the game is about? Told from the perspective of four unlikely friends, Nora Raleigh Baskin's poignant novel focuses on the action, drama, and fun of playing ball and explores what it takes to be a winner of the game--both on the court and off.

Contributor Bio(s): Baskin, Nora Raleigh: -

Nora Raleigh Baskin is the author of What Every Girl (Except Me) Knows, Almost Home, and Basketball (or Something Like It). She grew up in Brooklyn and New Paltz, New York, and currently lives in Connecticut with her husband and two sons.
 
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