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Airball: My Life in Briefs
Contributor(s): Harkrader, L. D. (Author)

ISBN: 0312373821 ISBN-13: 9780312373825
Publisher: Square Fish

OUR PRICE: $8.49

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2008
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Annotation: Kirby Nickel loves basketball. The only problem is he can't play the game. But coach has a plan for Kirby and the supremely untalented seventh-grade team. It involves the guys playing only in their briefs. An entertaining first novel.--"Booklist."

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation - Basketball
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - General (see Also Headings Under Family)

Dewey: FIC

Age Level: 8-12

Grade Level: 3-7

Lexile Measure: 700(Not Available)

Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.52" W x 7.66" L (0.36 lbs) 204 pages

Features: Ikids, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian

Awards: Sunshine State Young Reader's Award, Nominee, Grades 6-8, 2010

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 102137
Reading Level: 4.4 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 6.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
Kirby Nickel loves basketball. The only problem is he can't play basketball. But when an opportunity to meet NBA star Brett McGrew comes up, Kirby knows he has to take a chance and try out for the basketball team. Getting on the team turns out to be easy--the rest of the boys are as supremely untalented as Kirby--but winning in order to be eligible to meet McGrew is a whole different problem. Different and embarrassing. The coach's radical new plan for success involves the boys playing in their underwear. But if this crazy idea works, Kirby will get to meet his hero--who he secretly also hopes is his long-lost father.

Contributor Bio(s): Harkrader, L. D.: - L.D. Harkrader never played underwear basketball, but did have a recurring nightmare about walking into the school cafeteria wearing nothing but pajamas. "I'm sure the dream meant I was afraid people would see who I really was," says L.D. "In telling Kirby's story, I hope I show readers they shouldn't be afraid to let people see who they are. Who they are is okay." L.D. lives in a small town in Kansas and, like Kirby in Airball, is a rabid Jayhawks basketball fan.

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