local_shipping   Free Standard Shipping on all orders $25+ and use Coupon Code SummerReading for an additional 20% off!

  • The Real Slam Dunk

The Real Slam Dunk

Author
Charisse Richardson
Publication Date
February 17, 2005
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  2nd − 3rd
Language
English
The Real Slam Dunk
Currently out of stock
Description

Champions need skills on and off the court.

Marcus Robinson is psyched! Tomorrow, his class is going on a field trip to a professional basketball arena to meet the one and only Jason Carter, Marcus's hero. Marcus usually ignores everything except for basketball, but this time he studies for hours to win the math contest-for the prize of being the official Jason Carter greeter! But when Jason tells Marcus some things he didn't expect to hear about professional basketball, Marcus is confused. He thought that all he'd ever need in life was basketball. Thanks to Jason, Marcus is about to learn the meaning of a real slam dunk.

With cover and interior illustrations by Kadir Nelson.


Publication date
February 17, 2005
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780142402122
Lexile Measure
590
Publisher
Puffin Books
BISAC categories
JUV035000 - Juvenile Fiction | School & Education
JUV039000 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | General
JUV032020 - Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation | Basketball
JUV045000 - Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Chapter Books
Library of Congress categories
African Americans
Basketball
School field trips
Life skills
Role models
Charisse Richardson
Charisse K. Richardson, an avid sports fan since she was a child, uses sports to capture the reading interests of children. She is a member of the NBA Read to Achieve All-Star Reading Team. Charisse, a former Corporate Communications Manager, graduated from Howard University and received her MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. In addition to writing, she conducts motivational workshops designed to encourage youth to strive for success in the game of life. She lives with her family in Atlanta, Georgia.
More books like this