Beginner Under the Backboards

ISBN-10
0803807627
ISBN-13
9780803807624
Category
Basketball stories
Pages
124
Language
English
Published
1974-01-01
Publisher
Hastings House Pub
Author
Caary Paul Jackson

Description

Nearly six feet five inches, a skinny and uncoordinated fourteen-year-old joins the basketball beginner's squad and finds he has some unsuspected talents.

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