Jump Ball: A Basketball Season in Poems

Mel Glenn
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The Tower High Tigers basketball team is on top of the world and bringing the crowds to their feet in this collection of free prose poems that make up the absorbing story of a championship teams season. Meet Garrett James, the star of the team; Darnell Joyce, the lovable forward with no place to live; and the rest of the players, their families, coach, friends and girlfriends, teachers, and fans.
Genres: PoetrySportsNovel In VerseYoung AdultBasketball
160 Pages

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