"Basketball Fiction." . . . "Spil dig fri"@da . . . "Hoops a novel"@en . "Hoops : a novel" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Hoops"@en . "Hoops" . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . . "A teenage basketball player from Harlem is befriended by a former professional player who, after being forced to quit because of a point shaving scandal, hopes to prevent other young athletes from repeating his mistake. Lonnie plays basketball in spite of his coach, a has-been named Cal. Followed by The Outside Shot (1987). All eyes are on seventeen-year-old Lonnie Jackson while he practices with his team for a city-wide basketball Tournament of Champions. His coach, Cal, knows Lonnie has what it takes to be a pro-basketball player, but warns him about giving in to the pressure. Cal knows because he, too, once had the chance--but sold out. As the Tournament nears, Lonnie learns that some heavy bettors want Cal to keep him on the bench so that the team will lose the championship. As the last seconds of the game tick away Lonnie and Cal must make a decision. Are they eilling to blow the chance of a lifetime?"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "Juvenile works"@en . . "All eyes are on seventeen-year-old Lonnie Jackson while he practices with his team for a city-wide basketball Tournament of Champions. His coach, Cal, knows Lonnie has what it takes to be a pro-basketball player, but warns him about giving in to the pressure. Cal knows because he, too, once had the chance--but sold out. As the Tournament nears, Lonnie learns that some heavy bettors want Cal to keep him on the bench so that the team will lose the championship. As the last seconds of the game tick away Lonnie and Cal must make a decision. Are they willing to blow the chance of a lifetime'"@en . . . . . . . . . "Provides activities and discussion to be used with Hoops by Walter Dean Myers."@en . . . . . . "Seventeen-year-old Lonnie Jackson sees the city-wide basketball Tournament of Champions as a possible escape from Harlem but fears the pressures that have sidelined his coach, Cal." . . "Basketball stories"@en . "Basketball stories" . . . . . . . . "A teenage basketball player from Harlem is befriended by a former professional player who, after being forced to quit because of a point shaving scandal, hopes to prevent other young athletes from repeating his mistake." . "A teenage basketball player from Harlem is befriended by a former professional player who, after being forced to quit because of a point shaving scandal, hopes to prevent other young athletes from repeating his mistake."@en . . . . "Fiction"@en . . . . . . . . "Children's stories." . . "JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / African American." . . "JUVENILE NONFICTION / General" . . "Teenage boys Juvenile fiction." . . . . "Myers, Walter Dean" . . "Myers, Walter Dean." . "Harlem (New York, N.Y.)" . . "Basketball stories." . . "Sports Corrupt practices Fiction." . . "Mentoring Juvenile fiction." . . "Basketball Juvenile fiction." . . "Honesty Juvenile fiction." . .