false <![CDATA[Hoops (Laurel Leaf Books)]]> 112216 3 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.<br><br><br><br>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? 108050 1981 Hoops (Laurel Leaf Books) total:235|5:59|4:71|3:76|2:20|1:9| 235 856 333 51 0 1 false false Tue Feb 03 15:28:56 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 15:29:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 15:17:45 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 15:25:54 -0800 2009
It has a great caste of characters, but the foremost, laconic, tough, and funny Lonnie loves basketball. He gets put on a team that has a chance to get seen by some college recruiters. The reading is smooth, the prose poetic w...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Aug 13 04:42:35 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 04:53:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Sep 03 07:00:20 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 07:30:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 14:46:45 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 12:46:38 -0800 2009

Hoops is a story of Lonnie Jackson. He is a hard nosed, ear to the street African-American male, in his senior year of high school. As Lonnie moves closer and closer to finishing high school, he is faced with trying to think about how he is going to find his own way. Lonnie ea...

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Lonnie Jackson remembers one of the things that his father said before he split was that “his days were piling up on him.” At seventeen Lonnie is starting to feel the same way. Then one eveni...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Feb 16 18:29:13 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 19:04:49 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Sep 24 13:50:31 -0700 2007 Sun Dec 09 08:04:11 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 17:13:46 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 17:59:13 -0700 2007 Hoops, Lonnie, gets involved with a mentor, Cal, who is great at basketball but not so great at life. Besides being an alchoholic, Cal is involved ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 03 08:17:37 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 08:23:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Apr 19 09:52:35 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 09:54:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false true Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 07:05:16 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 07:08:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Aug 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 10:20:54 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 10:45:55 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 30 13:28:55 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 13:28:55 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Mon Mar 02 17:19:41 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 17:20:56 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Nov 18 10:40:34 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 18 11:00:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jun 03 08:49:07 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 08:51:32 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jun 03 08:45:15 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 08:51:58 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=112216