| Full Court Fever Revised Edition Contributor(s): Bowen, Fred (Author) |
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ISBN: 1561455083 ISBN-13: 9781561455089 Publisher: Peachtree Publishers OUR PRICE: $6.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2009 Annotation: The Falcons have the skill but not the height required to win their games. Will they be able to win the dreaded end-of-the season game against their much taller rivals? |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation - Basketball - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - General (see Also Headings Under Family) - Juvenile Fiction | Boys & Men |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2009016856 |
| Lexile Measure: 640 |
| Series: All-Star Sports Stories: Basketball |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.1" W x 7.3" (0.25 lbs) 103 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 20265 Reading Level: 4.3 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 2.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ready for some basketball? Check out this action-packed Sports Story Series book from Washington Post KidsPost columnist and author Fred Bowen - perfect for fans of Mike Lupica and Tim Green. Michael Mancino's seventh-grade basketball team is what you might call "vertically challenged." They have the skills, but what they lack in height has cost them the first two games of the season. So when Michael and his team meet Dikembe Obiku, a new student from Nigeria, they are sure they've found their saving grace. Dikembe is athletic and taller than most of the teachers, but there's one problem: He's never played basketball before Their chances of making the ultimate comeback seem impossible. That is, until Michael discovers an old issue of Sports Illustrated about the similarly vertically challenged UCLA Bruins who won the 1964 NCAA Championship with an aggressive and hard-to-beat full-court zone press. Can their team learn a thing or two from these Davids and take down their own Goliaths in the next game? Or will they come up short again? Author Fred Bowen continues his Sports Story Series with full court, play-by-play action that's sure to keep readers on the edge of their seats. In the afterword, readers can learn more about the 1964 UCLA Bruins. Discussion Guide available. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bowen, Fred: - Fred Bowen is the author of Peachtree's popular Fred Bowen Sports Story series. A lifelong sports fanatic, he has coached youth league baseball, basketball, and soccer. His kids' sports column "The Score" appears each week in the KidsPost section of the Washington Post. Bowen lives in Maryland. |