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  • Paperback: $5.95
  • ISBN: 978-1-56145-566-9
  • Total Pages: 128
  • Size: 5 1/4 x 7 1/2
  • Language: English
  • Rights: World
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  • AR Quiz#: 142482
  • AR Reading Level: 4
  • AR Points: 2
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  • F&P Level: S
  • F&P Grade: 4-5
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  • Reading Counts Level: 3.5
  • Reading Counts Points: 7
  • Reading Counts Interest Level: 3-5
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Real Hoops


Can street ball and technical play mix it up on the court and score wins for the team? Can Ben convince Hud to leave his hotshot style back on the pickup court?

Ben and Logan are looking forward to basketball season playing on the Roosevelt High School freshman team. Ben figures he's a shoo-in to play shooting guard and Logan will be the team's center. But their perfect team still needs a perfect point guard.

The two boys discover Antonio "Hud" Hudson at the local rec center, where fast-paced pickup games are the rule. Hud looks like just what the team needs-an instinctive passer with fancy moves. Even better, Hud is coming to Roosevelt!

Roosevelt's tough coach has one rule for the boys: no pickup basketball. Later, when Ben finds Hud playing at the rec center-in violation of the rules-he has to make a decision. Does he turn Hud in, or does he keep his mouth shut? As captain, can Ben somehow help Hud balance his passion for the game and his dedication to the team?

Author Fred Bowen continues his Sport Story Series with full court, play-by-play action that's sure to keep readers on the edge of their seats!

Author & Illustrator


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Fred Bowen is the author of Peachtree’s popular Fred Bowen Sports Story and All-Star Sport Story series. A lifelong sports fanatic, he has coached youth league baseball, basketball, and soccer. His kids’ sports column “The Score” appears each week in the KidsPost section of the Washington Post. Bowen lives in Maryland.

You can visit Fred Bowen’s website here.


Reviews


“Lots of action and play-by-play descriptions will engage young sports fans and hold their interest... sure bet to hook the most reluctant reader age 7-12 who just also happens to be a basketball fan.” ―Midwest Book Review

“...Capped by a tribute to some of New York's playground-hoops heroes, this simply written tale in the Fred Bowen Sports Story series is chock-full of suspenseful game action...” ―Booklist

“...This easy-to-read book has a nice blend of game action, lessons in discipline, and even some actual history of Holcombe Rucker Park in New York City...Bowen knows sports and his audience, and he scores again with Real Hoops.” ―School Library Journal

“Local author Fred Bowen never disappoints. His many action-packed novels speak to the hearts and minds of young sports lovers, and he demonstrates know-how and grace in writing about baseball, basketball, soccer and football...” ―Washington Parent