The Moves Make the Man - A Newbery Honor Award Winner

Informationen zum Autor Bruce Brooks was born in Virginia and began writing fiction at age ten. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1972 and from the University Of Iowa Writer's Workshop in 1980. He has worked as a newspaper reporter, a magazine writer, newsletter editor, movie critic, teacher and lecturer. Bruce Brooks has twice received the Newbery Honor, first in 1985 for Moves Make the Man, and again in 1992 for What Hearts. He is also the author of Everywhere, Midnight Hour Encores, Asylum for Nightface, Vanishing, and Throwing Smoke. He lives in Brooklyn, NY. Klappentext First time I saw Bix was at a baseball game. He was a shortstop, supreme. I didn't want to start liking this flashy cracker with a momma in a high-style black dress. But Bix got me, baby. Next thing I knew, there I was, Jerome Foxworthy, doing hoops privately in the woods and getting my moves down, when Bix showed up. I taught him all I knew-- even though he wanted to play everything straight, not fake it. Because he had one game coming up where he'd need all the moves to put his life together again ... -- The Jayfox Zusammenfassung First time I saw Bix was at a baseball game. He was a shortstop, supreme. I didn't want to start liking this flashy cracker with a momma in a high-style black dress. But Bix got me, baby. Next thing I knew, there I was, Jerome Foxworthy, doing hoops privately in the woods and getting my moves down, when Bix showed up. I taught him all I knew-- even though he wanted to play everything straight, not fake it. Because he had one game coming up where he'd need all the moves to put his life together again ... -- The Jayfox

Product details

• Authors: Bruce Brooks
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 13
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.05.2003
• EAN: 9780064470223
• ISBN: 978-0-06-447022-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Fiction > Narrative literature; JUVENILE FICTION: Sports & Recreation / Baseball & Softball, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Friendship, JUVENILE FICTION: Stories in Verse (see also Poetry), JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism, JUVENILE FICTION: Short Stories, JUVENILE FICTION: Sports & Recreation / Football, JUVENILE FICTION: Sports & Recreation / Equestrian, JUVENILE FICTION: Sports & Recreation / Basketball