"A book, too, can be a star, 'explosive material, capable of stirring up fresh life endlessly,' a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe." - from Madeleine L'Engle's Newberry Medal Acceptance Speech

Monday, March 19, 2012

Recommended Basketball Novels

In the New York Times Book Review, there was a review of two young adult novels that have basketball as a central theme: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/11/books/review/basketball-novels-by-paul-volponi-and-matthew-quick.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=paul%20volponi&st=cse

THE FINAL FOUR

By Paul Volponi

244 pp. Viking. $16.99. (Young adult; ages 12 and up)

BOY21

By Matthew Quick

250 pp. Little, Brown & Company. $17.99. (Young adult; ages 12 and up)

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