The Basketball Player
The Basketball Player
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Tundra Books
Annotation: Roch runs away from boarding school after his fear of failure arises when forced to play basketball.
Genre: [Sports fiction]
 
Reviews: 1
Catalog Number: #3671271
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Tundra Books
Copyright Date: 1996
Edition Date: 1996 Release Date: 09/11/01
Illustrator: Cohen, Sheldon,
Pages: 1 volume (unpaged)
ISBN: 0-88776-553-X
ISBN 13: 978-0-88776-553-7
Dewey: Fic
LCCN: 96060352
Dimensions: 23 x 25 cm.
Language: English
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Horn Book

Going away to boarding school is tough enough, but the story's young protagonist must also face his fear of playing an unfamiliar sport: basketball. The final book in Carrier's sports story cycle that began with 'The Hockey Sweater' (Tundra), this Canadian import continues the nostalgic, dryly humorous account of his childhood. Cohen's rough, childlike sketches vary playfully in perspective.

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Horn Book
Reading Level: 3.0
Interest Level: 3-6

Away from home and off to a seminary boarding school for the first time, Roch finds he is expected to play basketball. It’s seen as an important tool for facing life’s challenges if he is “to go very far on the road of life.” And so begins the latest in Roch’s sports misadventures as fear of failure sends him running into the night and terrors worse than those on the basketball court. It all leads to a surprise ending as he finds his own way of making his mark.


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