Use this assessment to test your students' understanding of the key ideas, details, and text structures of an informational text! Students will also be assessed on their ability to evaluate and draw reasonable conclusions about the text.

Use this assessment to test your students' understanding of the key ideas, details, and text structures of an informational text! Students will also be assessed on their ability to evaluate and draw reasonable conclusions about the text.

Use this assessment to test your students' understanding of the key ideas, details, and text structures of an informational text! Students will also be assessed on their ability to evaluate and draw reasonable conclusions about the text.

Use this assessment to test your students' understanding of the key ideas, details, and text structures of an informational text! Students will also be assessed on their ability to evaluate and draw reasonable conclusions about the text.

Determined in her effort to play basketball, a young African American girl gives it one more shot with the support of a special friend

An ALA-YALSA Best Book for Young Adults New Bonus Content: -Q&A with Walter Dean Myers -Q&A with screenwriter John Ballard -Teaser chapter from On a Clear Day -Excerpt from 145th Street All eyes are on seventeen-year-old Lonnie Jackson while he practices with his team for a city-wide basketball Tournament of Champions. His coach, Cal, knows Lonnie has what it takes to be a pro basketball player, but warns him about giving in to the pressure. Cal knows because he, too, once had the chance—but sold out. As the tournament nears, Lonnie learns that some heavy bettors want Cal to keep him on the bench so that the team will lose the championship. As the last seconds of the game tick away, Lonnie and Cal must make a decision. Are they willing to blow the chance of a lifetime?

New York Times bestseller ∙ Newbery Medal Winner ∙Coretta Scott King Honor Award ∙2015 YALSA 2015 Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults∙ 2015 YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers ∙Publishers Weekly Best Book ∙ School Library Journal Best Book∙ Kirkus Best Book "A beautifully measured novel of life and line."--The New York Times Book Review "With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all that quivering. Cuz tonight I'm delivering, " announces dread-locked, 12-year old Josh Bell. He and his twin brother Jordan are awesome on the court. But Josh has more than basketball in his blood, he's got mad beats, too, that tell his family's story in verse, in this fast and furious middle grade novel of family and brotherhood from Kwame Alexander. Josh and Jordan must come to grips with growing up on and off the court to realize breaking the rules comes at a terrible price, as their story's heart-stopping climax proves a game-changer for the entire family.