basketball stories

Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.

Joe joins his school's basketball team, but finds that the players are disorganized and lacking in discipline--so he sets out to use the skills he has learned in kung fu to bring the other players together as a functioning team.

Nick and Kia meet a great basketball player who has trouble being part of a team.

Amy realizes her dream of playing sports when she joins the basketball league, and secret practices with Rusty improve her skills but her friends, believing she still plays badly, will not pass her the ball.

The Raptors basketball team is going coed, but Mason and his friends aren't sure how they feel about it because up until now, the team has always been successful and they are not sure what having girls on the Raptors team will mean.

After making a tough move from a big city to a small town, thirteen-year-old Jeff finds his niche on the basketball team, but when his teammates begin harassing a shy boy, he must make a difficult decision.

Wallace, having messed up at his old school, is determined not to give up basketball, but he worries that bullies are going to interfere with his second shot at success.

Andre Anderson, an African-American teenager enjoying a summer filled with pickup basketball, a new girlfriend, and an internship at a popular magazine, becomes the target of violent bigotry when he writes a powerful article on racism.

Brian Worth Jr. plans on trying out for his middle school's basketball team, but the trouble is he has always relied on his height to give him an advantage and that is no longer enough--but at the local senior center, where he reluctantly volunteers, he discovers a friend in George, a former player, who sets out to teach him some of the skills he is missing.

Not everyone is happy when Mel moves up to the JV basketball team, especially her old teammates.