Lists and Suggestions for Teens

List: Sports -- Basketball Fiction

Myers, Walter Dean,

If Harlem high school senior Drew Lawson is going to realize his dream of playing college, then prof... More

Alphin, Elaine Marie.

Brian uses basketball to block out memories of his girlfriend and her family who were gunned down a ... More

Murdock, Catherine Gilbert.

Other folks have big plans for D.J. Like her coach. College scouts. All the town hoops fans. A certa... More

Mackel, Kathryn,

Thirteen-year-old Savvy's dreams of starting for her elite basketball team are in danger when s... More

Deuker, Carl.

While trying to prove that he is good enough to be on his high school's varsity basketball team... More

Peña, Matt de la.

Seventeen-year-old Sticky lives to play basketball at school and at Lincoln Rec Center in Los Angele... More

Myers, Walter Dean,

Sixteen-year-old "Slam" Harris is counting on his noteworthy basketball talents to get him... More

Volponi, Paul.

Four players at the Final Four of the NCAA basketball tournament struggle with the pressures of tour... More

Quick, Matthew,

Finley, an unnaturally quiet boy who is the only white player on his high school's varsity bask... More

Feinstein, John.

After winning a basketball reporting contest, eighth graders Stevie and Susan are sent to cover the ... More

Aronson, Marc.

A series of short stories by such authors as Walter Dean Myers, Rita Williams-Garcia, and Joseph Bru... More

Alexander, Kwame.

Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the c... More

Alexander, Kwame, author; illustrations by Dawud Anyabwile.

In the summer of 1988, twelve-year-old Chuck Bell is sent to stay with his grandparents, where he di... More