by Kathy Orton (2009)
The Ivy League is a place where basketball is neither a pastime nor a profession. Instead, it is a true passion among players, coaches, and committed sports enthusiasts who share in its every success and setback. Orton weaves together the stories of coaches and players as they move from fall practice through an entire season and ahead to the NCAA tournament. --from publisher description
Walt Frazier with Dan Markowitz
The basketball legend offers an inside look at the sport from both a historical and personal perspective and discusses the importance of mental skill and timing over stylish moves as key strengths that modern-day players need to develop.
Mike Lupica
Pedro Morales has always been content helping others look great. The epitome of a point guard, he plays the game to set up his teammatesNed, in particular, the star forward on the receiving end of Pedros pinpoint passes. Pedro wants to make his father proud, and so he runs for class president. Yet doing so means going one-on-one against Ned, easily the most popular boy in school. And Pedro learns the hard way that being a good teammate doesnt mean that others will return the favor. Now Pedro wants to win more than everbut this time, its for himself.
Glen Macnow
A team history of the City of Brotherly Love's sports franchise whose star players and coaches include Julius Erving, Wilt Chamberlain, Alex Hannum, Moses Malone, and Charles Barkley.
Gary Soto
Fourteen-year-old Lincoln Mendoza, an aspiring basketball player, must come to terms with his divided loyalties when he moves from the Hispanic inner city to a white suburban neighborhood.