Making the Team (Lorimer Sports Stories)

by Kelsey Blair (Author)

Making the Team (Lorimer Sports Stories)
Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade
When Hannah doesn't make the Grade 8 girls basketball team and her best friend June does, Hannah misses playing basketball and being part of a team. Worse, she and June don't spend as much time together and start growing apart. How can Hannah ensure that she makes the team next year while all the other players are playing more and getting better this year? As she develops her basketball skills and confidence, she realizes she stands a good shot at making the high school team. But can she ever get her friendship with June back?
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Review quotes

"I like the focus on setting and achieving goals"—Melissa Ark, Educator,"Netgalley Reviewer" (01/25/2017)
Kelsey Blair
KELSEY BLAIR played varsity basketball at the University of British Columbia and semi-professional basketball in Sweden. She is currently a PhD candidate at Simon Fraser University, where she researched the history of the rules of women's basketball in Canada for her dissertation on sport and performance. Her knowledge of basketball action and details of the rules of the game helped her write this story about rivalry, fairness, and friendship. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781459411401
Lexile Measure
480
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Lorimer Children & Teens
Publication date
January 20, 2017
Series
Lorimer Sports Stories
BISAC categories
JUV039060 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
JUV039140 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
JUV032020 - Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation | Basketball
Library of Congress categories
Friendship
Basketball
Basketball stories
Basketball teams

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