The Contender
Amazon.com Review: Alfred's life is going nowhere fast. He's a high-school dropout working at a grocery store. His best friend is drifting behind a haze of drugs and violence, and now some street punks are harassing him for something he didn't do. [... more]
$6.99
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Hoops
Not Appropriate for Teens: This was on the board approved list for my school and I read it in hopes of teaching it to my class. Sex, drugs, cheating, stealing and alcohol...there is a good message, but it is hidden pretty deeply. I would let students [... more]
$6.50
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The Outside Shot
The Outside Shot By Walter Dean Myers: The Outside Shot is a type of book that makes you want to read it more and more as you get further into the book. When you put the book down you feel like picking it back up. The Outside Shot is about a "cat& [... more]
$6.50
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The Brave
The Brave: This book is about a young boy name Sonny that box. He has a problem though. His problem is that when he gets angry, he becomes a monster inside. In one way the monster is good. The monster helps him in the ring with his boxing matches. Sonny [... more]
$5.99
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Jackie Robinson and the Story of All Black Baseball ...
Author: Jim O'Connor Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 796.3570924 EAN: 9780394824567 ISBN: 0394824563 Number Of Pages: 48 Publication Date: 1989-05-06 Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Release Date: 1989-05-06 [... more]
$3.99
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Jackie & Me (Baseball Card Adventures)
Outstanding By RB from North Boulevard: The book I am reading is Jackie and Me. It is written by Dan Gutman. I think this book deserves five stars because it has real events but at the same time its fiction. It's about a kid who travels back in time to [... more]
$5.99
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Double Dutch
Double Dutch: I am a middle school Language Arts teacher who teaches high-level eighth grade students (in other words, VERY smart, motivated, and voracious readers). I suspect that when Sharon Draper was a teacher, she taught some lower-level students [... more]
$16.99
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Stealing Home (Harper Trophy)
An interesting book about change: This is a novel about a boy named Thomas who lost his parents at age 1 and has lived with his grandfather since then. He and his grandfather have developed similar interests (baseball, fishing, games) and have become [... more]
$5.99
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The Journal of Biddy Owens: The Negro Leagues, ...
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$10.95
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And The Winner Is¿
who are you kidding???: I cannot believe this book is being marketed to 9-12 year olds! There are like 5 words on each page! I showed it to my 11 year old son when I bought it and he laughed...my six year old wanted the book AND the CD. If you want it [... more]
$13.95
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Rimshots: Basketball Pix, Rolls, and Rhythms (Picture ...
basketball players can be authors: I just finished charles r.smith jr's book rimshots. It was a great book. it was about the authors life of basketball, and he makes it into poems that deal with different basketball situations. The reason this book was [... more]
$6.99
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Sounder
Amazon.com Review: Sounder is no beauty. But as a coon dog, this loyal mongrel with his cavernous bark is unmatched. When the African American sharecropper who has raised Sounder from a pup is hauled off to jail for stealing a hog, his family must suffer [... more]
$5.99
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