Hoops: A Graphic Novel: (A Middle Grade Novel about Perseverance, Gender Equality, and Teamwork for Kids Ages 8-12 in Grades 3-7)

Hoops: A Graphic Novel: (A Middle Grade Novel about Perseverance, Gender Equality, and Teamwork for Kids Ages 8-12 in Grades 3-7) - Paperback

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Hoops: A Graphic Novel: (A Middle Grade Novel about Perseverance, Gender Equality, and Teamwork for Kids Ages 8-12 in Grades 3-7)
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Hoops: A Graphic Novel: (A Middle Grade Novel about Perseverance, Gender Equality, and Teamwork for Kids Ages 8-12 in Grades 3-7) - Paperback

Hoops: A Graphic Novel: (A Middle Grade Novel about Perseverance, Gender Equality, and Teamwork for Kids Ages 8-12 in Grades 3-7) - Paperback

by Matt Tavares
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Book Overview

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A work of fiction inspired by a true story, Matt Tavares's debut graphic novel dramatizes the historic struggle for gender equality in high school sports.

It is 1975 in Indiana, and the Wilkins Regional High School girls' basketball team is in their rookie season. Despite being undefeated, they practice at night in the elementary school and play to empty bleachers. Unlike the boys' team, the Lady Bears have no buses to deliver them to away games and no uniforms, much less a laundry service. They make their own uniforms out of T-shirts and electrical tape. And with help from a committed female coach, they push through to improbable victory after improbable victory. Illustrated in full color, this story about the ongoing battle of women striving for equality in sports rings with honesty, bravery, and heart.
ISBN9781536231953
Author Matt Tavares
PublisherCandlewick Press (MA)
GenreChildren, Sports, and Comics & graphic novels
FormatPaperback
PublishedMarch 2023
LanguageENG- English
Pages224
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceKids
Print SizeStandard Print

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Hoops: A Graphic Novel: (A Middle Grade Novel about Perseverance, Gender Equality, and Teamwork for Kids Ages 8-12 in Grades 3-7)

Hoops: A Graphic Novel: (A Middle Grade Novel about Perseverance, Gender Equality, and Teamwork for Kids Ages 8-12 in Grades 3-7) - Paperback

Hoops: A Graphic Novel: (A Middle Grade Novel about Perseverance, Gender Equality, and Teamwork for Kids Ages 8-12 in Grades 3-7) - Paperback

By Matt Tavares

About Matt Tavares

Matt Tavares is the author-illustrator of the New York Times best-selling picture book Dasher and its sequel Dasher Can't Wait for Christmas, Red and Lulu, the graphic novel Hoops, and several sports biographies, including Becoming Babe Ruth and Growing Up Pedro. He is also the illustrator of Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by Jeff Gottesfeld, The Gingerbread Pirates by Kristin Kladstrup, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore, and Over the River and Through the Wood by L. Maria Child, among many other picture books. Matt Tavares lives in Ogunquit, Maine.

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