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The Basketball Player
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3 out of 5
Based on 2 Ratings and 1 Reviews

Book Description
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 lead... More
Book Information
PublisherTundra Books Inc
BindingHardcover (3 editions)
Reading LevelAges 4-8
# of Pages24
ISBN-100887763677
ISBN-13978-0887763670
Publication Date09/28/1996
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About Roch Carrier (Author) : Roch Carrier is a published adapter and an author of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Roch Carrier include La Chasse-Galerie, The Flying Canoe (Aesop Accolades ... more
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About Sheldon Cohen (Illustrator) : Sheldon Cohen is a published author and an illustrator of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Sheldon Cohen include Longest Home Run, Basketball Player, Pies, and ... more
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About Sheila Fischman (Translator) : Sheila Fischman is a published author, illustrator, and a translator of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Sheila Fischman include The Flying Canoe (Aesop Accolad... more
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