Pick-Up Game - A Full Day of Full Court

Zusatztext Nine all-stars in the field of YA lit contribute stories...an anthology of standalone stories that invite - no! demand - a straight read-through. —Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review) Tying all the stories together is a shared love and respect not only for the game itself! but also for the lavishly talented (and all-too-often fatally flawed) legends od New York City playground basketball. An outstanding collection that belongs in every high school library. —School Library Journal (starred review) Superb stories by writers who know and love the game; and ode to the show. —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Informationen zum Autor Marc Aronson; Charles R. Smith Jr. Klappentext "Nine all-stars in the field of YA lit contribute stories. . . . An anthology of stand-alone stories that invite - no! demand - a straight read-through." - Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review) Nine of YA literature's top writers! including Walter Dean Myers! Rita Williams-Garcia! Adam Rapp! Joseph Bruchac! and Sharon Flake reveal how it all goes down in a searing collection of short stories! in which each one picks up where the previous one ends. Characters weave in and out of narratives! perspectives change! and emotions play out for a fluid and fast-paced ode to the game of street basketball. Crackling with humor! grit! and streetball philosophy! and featuring poems and photographs by Charles R. Smith Jr.! this anthology is a slam dunk. Zusammenfassung "Nine all-stars in the field of YA lit contribute stories. . . . An anthology of stand-alone stories that invite — no! demand — a straight read-through." —  Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books  (starred review) Nine of YA literature’s top writers! including Walter Dean Myers! Rita Williams-Garcia! Adam Rapp! Joseph Bruchac! and Sharon Flake reveal how it all goes down in a searing collection of short stories! in which each one picks up where the previous one ends. Characters weave in and out of narratives! perspectives change! and emotions play out for a fluid and fast-paced ode to the game of street basketball. Crackling with humor! grit! and streetball philosophy! and featuring poems and photographs by Charles R. Smith Jr.! this anthology is a slam dunk. ...

Product details

• Authors: Marc Aronson, Marc (EDT)/ Smith Aronson, Marc Smith Aronson, Charles R Smith Jr, Charles R. Smith Jr., Various
• Assisted by: Charles R. Smith (Illustration), Charles R. Smith Jr (Illustration), Charles R. Smith Jr. (Illustration), Marc Aronson (Editor), Charles R. Smith (Editor), Charles R. Smith Jr (Editor), Charles R. Smith Jr. (Editor)
• Publisher: Candlewick Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 14
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.10.2012
• EAN: 9780763660680
• ISBN: 978-0-7636-6068-0
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 211 mm x 12 mm
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Story books, fairytales, sagas, rhymes, songs