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Honus and Me

Honus and Me: A Baseball Card Adventure by Dan Gutman This is the first installment in Gutman’s Baseball Card Adventure series.  Joe Stoshack is just a normal kid and struggling member of his baseball team.  Between his lack of sports … Continue reading

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Hoop Doctor

Hoop Doctor by Jake Maddox If you don’t already know who Jake Maddox is, you should.  He’s one of the most prolific authors of sports books today.   He also doesn’t write all the books that have his name on … Continue reading

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Take the Court

Take The Court by Bob Lanier and Heather Goodyear This is the second book in the Hey L’il D! series. L’il D and his friends have always played basketball at recess, but Brooks and his friends have decided to take … Continue reading

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It’s All in the Name

It’s All in the Name by James Preller, Bob Lanier and Heather Goodyear Bob Lanier is an actual former NBA star and basketball Hall of Famer, a fact that today’s Lebron devotees are unlikely to know.  This book is loosely … Continue reading

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The Great Wall of Lucy Wu

The Great Wall Of Lucy Wu by Wendy Wan-Long Shang “In Chinese if you want to say that something good may turn into something bad or vice versa, you say ‘Sai weng shi ma,’ or ‘The old man at the … Continue reading

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Where It Began

Have you ever had one of those moments where the world suddenly goes still and silent? My moment happened when I was standing on a chair in my classroom putting a book up on a high shelf.  A white student … Continue reading

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