Game
Record details
- ISBN: 9780060582944 (trade bdg.)
- ISBN: 0060582944 (trade bdg.)
- ISBN: 9780060582951 (reinforced)
- ISBN: 0060582952 (reinforced)
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Physical Description:
218 p. ; 19 cm.
print - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York, NY : HarperTeen, c2008.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Grades 7 up. |
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Subject: | Schools Fiction High schools Fiction Family life Fiction Self-actualization (Psychology) Fiction Czech Americans Fiction African Americans Fiction Teamwork (Sports) Fiction |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Covington Branch | YA MYERS W (Text) | 33126024132585 | YA Fiction | Available | - |
- School Library Journal Reviews : SLJ Reviews 2008 February
Gr 9 Upâ In this story of a teen who dreams of making it big in the NBA, Myers returns to the theme that has dominated much of his serious fiction: How can young black urban males negotiate the often-harsh landscape of their lives to establish a sense of identity and self-worth? Drew Lawson is a very good high school player who is staking his future on the wildly improbable chance that he will achieve professional stardom. He is not an outstanding student, and he feels that basketball is the only thing that lifts him above the ranks of the ordinary. As he surveys his Harlem neighborhood, he worries that if he does not succeed in sports, he will become like so many other young men he sees around him who continue to talk tough, but have stopped believing in themselves, and are betrayed by "the weakness in their eyes." Harlem itself is a looming presence in the novel: vibrant, exciting, dirty, dangerous, it is the only home that Drew has ever known and to a large extent it both defines and limits his outlook. Being no more or less insightful or articulate (or self-absorbed) than most 17-year-olds, he fails to connect with those adults who have overcome racism, bad luck, and their own missteps to find alternative ways to succeed. As always, Myers eschews easy answers, and readers are left with the question of whether or not Drew is prepared to deal with the challenges that life will inevitably hand him.âRichard Luzer, Fair Haven Union High School, VT
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