| The Moves Make the Man Contributor(s): Brooks, Bruce (Author) |
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ISBN: 0064470229 ISBN-13: 9780064470223 Publisher: Harperteen OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: May 2003 Annotation: This novel "has a basketball theme and plenty of action, but sport is merely the vehicle for delivering a serious story of friendship and madness" (School Library Journal) between two youths--one black and one white--in trouble. Newbery Honor Book, ALA Notable Children's Book, ALA Best Book for Young Adults, Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Fiction. Young Adult. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism - Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation - Basketball |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 83049476 |
| Lexile Measure: 1150 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 4.19" W x 6.98" (0.28 lbs) 252 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - North Carolina - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age - Topical - Friendship - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 775 Reading Level: 5.4 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 11.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: First time I saw Bix was at a baseball game. He was a shortstop, supreme. I didn't want to start liking this flashy cracker with a momma in a high-style black dress. But Bix got me, baby. Next thing I knew, there I was, Jerome Foxworthy, doing hoops privately in the woods and getting my moves down, when Bix showed up. I taught him all I knew-- even though he wanted to play everything straight, not fake it. Because he had one game coming up where he'd need all the moves to put his life together again ... -- The Jayfox |
Contributor Bio(s): Brooks, Bruce: - Bruce Brooks was born in Virginia and began writing fiction at age ten. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1972 and from the University Of Iowa Writer's Workshop in 1980. He has worked as a newspaper reporter, a magazine writer, newsletter editor, movie critic, teacher and lecturer. Bruce Brooks has twice received the Newbery Honor, first in 1985 for Moves Make the Man, and again in 1992 for What Hearts. He is also the author of Everywhere, Midnight Hour Encores, Asylum for Nightface, Vanishing, and Throwing Smoke. He lives in Brooklyn, NY. |