Real Hoops
(Fred Bowen Sports Story)

Author

Fred Bowen

Publication Date

February 01, 2011

Genre / Grade Band

Fiction / 6^th − 8^th

Language

English

Paperback

Currently out of stock

Description

Can street ball and technical play mix it up on the court and score wins for the team?

Ben and Logan are looking forward to playing basketball for Roosevelt High School. Ben will play shooting guard, and Logan will be the team's center. But they still need a point guard. The two boys discover Antonio "Hud" Hudson at the local rec center, where fast-paced pickup games are the rule. Hud is just what the team needs. Even better, he is coming to Roosevelt! But Roosevelt's coach has one rule for the boys: no pickup basketball. So when Ben finds Hud playing pickup, he has to make a decision. As captain, can Ben help Hud balance his passion for the game and his dedication to the team?

Author Fred Bowen continues his Sports Story series with full court, play-by-play action that's sure to keep readers on the edge of their seats! An afterword proves the real story of pickup basketball and Holcombe Rucker Park, one of the most famous basketball playgrounds.

Publication date

February 01, 2011

Genre

Fiction

ISBN-13

9781561455669

Lexile Measure

630

Publisher

Peachtree Publishers

Series

Fred Bowen Sports Story

BISAC categories

JUV032020 - Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation | Basketball

Library of Congress categories

Basketball
Teamwork (Sports)
Coaching (Athletics)
Recreation centers

School Library Journal

Gr 4-9—High school freshmen Ben and Logan have been friends and basketball teammates for a long time. Hud is a flashy player who has honed his skills in pickup games at a local recreation center and bristles at the strict rules of a coach who doesn't appreciate his penchant for "French Pastry"—a fancy streetball style of play. As team captain, Ben has to convince Hud not to quit and to follow the rules. 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, famous for its All-Star list of some of the greatest names in basketball. Bowen knows sports and his audience, and he scores again with Real Hoops.—Kate Kohlbeck, Randall School, Waukesha, WI

Fred Bowen

Fred Bowen was a Little Leaguer who loved to read and is still a lifelong sports fanatic. He is the author of the action-packed Fred Bowen Sports Story series, currently totaling more than twenty titles. For thirteen years, Bowen coached kids' baseball and basketball teams. He has also written a weekly sports column for kids in the Washington Post since 2000. He was a lawyer for many years before retiring to become a full-time children's book author.Bowen lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with his wife Peggy Jackson. They have two grown children.

Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award

Nominee 2014 - 2014

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