Pub Date: August 5, 2025
Dewey: 796.323
Lexile Code: 1170
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: 07 to 11
Physical Info: 0.21" H x 9.55" L x 8.46" W ( 0.31 lbs) 32 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports and Recreation | Basketball | Social Topics | Prejudice Racism and Colorism | History | United States 20th Century
Description: In 1944, Coach John McLendon orchestrated a secret basketball game between the best players from a white college and his team from a black college. At a time of widespread segregation and rampant racism, this illegal gathering changed basketball forever.
Brief description: Randy DuBurke has been a professional illustrator for more than thirty years. He has done comic book art, animation, editorial illustration, book covers, and children's books. He lives in Switzerland with his wife and two children.
Review Quotes:
"This book offers a slice of history and an inspiring portrait in courage . . . [An] exciting account of a landmark game played ahead of its time."--starred, Booklist
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