Random House New Releases - Juvenile Fiction - Sports & Recreation - Basketball

Foul Trouble by John Feinstein

2013-11-12T00:30:00-05:00

Foul Trouble
Written by John Feinstein

Hardcover, 400 pages | Knopf Books for Young Readers | Juvenile Fiction - Sports & Recreation - Basketball; Juvenile Fiction - Boys & Men; Juvenile Fiction - Social Situations - Friendship | $16.99 | 978-0-375-86964-8 (0-375-86964-6)

Bestselling sports writer John Feinstein exposes the big money and back room deals that go into college recruiting in this high-octane YA novel.

Terrell Jamerson is the #1 high school basketball player in the country. His team is poised to win the states. He's got top colleges lined up to offer him scholarships. Press coverage at every game. Everyone says he could play in the NBA tomorrow. He's living the dream, right?

Danny Wilcox would tell you a different story. Danny is Terrell's best friend and teammate, and a top prospect himself. But he sees that not all of the people buzzing around Terrell have his best interests at heart. The sneaker guys, the money managers, the college boosters—they're all so eager to help. And to get rich themselves in the process.

It's a dirty game, but Terrell will have to learn to play if he wants his chance at a slam dunk. . . .

"The best writer of sports books in America today." —The Boston Globe

Foul Trouble by John Feinstein

2013-11-12T00:30:00-05:00

Foul Trouble
Written by John Feinstein

eBook, 272 pages | Knopf Books for Young Readers | Juvenile Fiction - Sports & Recreation - Basketball; Juvenile Fiction - Boys & Men; Juvenile Fiction - Social Situations - Friendship | $9.99 | 978-0-375-98454-9 (0-375-98454-2)

Foul Trouble by John Feinstein

2013-11-12T00:30:00-05:00

Foul Trouble
Written by John Feinstein

Hardcover Library Binding, 272 pages | Knopf Books for Young Readers | Juvenile Fiction - Sports & Recreation - Basketball; Juvenile Fiction - Boys & Men; Juvenile Fiction - Social Situations - Friendship | $19.99 | 978-0-375-98246-0 (0-375-98246-9)

H.O.R.S.E. by Christopher Myers

2012-10-09T00:30:00-05:00

H.O.R.S.E. A Game of Basketball and Imagination
Written by Christopher Myers
Illustrated by Christopher Myers

Hardcover | EgmontUSA | Juvenile Fiction - Sports & Recreation - Basketball | $18.99 | 978-1-60684-218-8 (1-60684-218-8)

One day at the basketball court, two kids, a familiar challenge--H.O.R.S.E.?

But this isn’t your grandmother’s game of hoops.

Not when a layup
        from the other side of the court
                     standing on one foot
                               with your eyes closed is just the warm-up.

Around the neighborhood, around the world, off Saturn’s rings, the pair goes back and forth.

The game is as much about skill as it is about imagination.

A slam dunk from multi-award-winning author/illustrator Christopher Myers, H.O.R.S.E. is a celebration of the sport of basketball, the art of trash-talking, and the idea that what’s possible is bounded only by what you can dream.

A 2013 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Honor Book

Pick-Up Game by Various

2012-10-09T00:30:00-05:00

Pick-Up Game A Full Day of Full Court
Written by Various
Edited by Marc Aronson and Charles R. Smith Jr.
Illustrated by Charles R. Smith Jr.

Trade Paperback, 176 pages | Candlewick | Juvenile Fiction - Lifestyles (City Life); Juvenile Fiction - Short Stories; Juvenile Fiction - Sports & Recreation - Basketball | $6.99 | 978-0-7636-6068-0 (0-7636-6068-X)

Pass! Shoot! Swish! An all-star team of YA authors scores spectacularly with an action-packed anthology about street basketball.

It’s one steamy July day at the West 4th Street Court in NYC, otherwise known as The Cage. Hotshot ESPN is wooing the scouts, Boo is struggling to guard the weird new guy named Waco, a Spike Lee wannabe has video rolling, and virgin Irene is sizing up six-foot-eightand-a-half-inch Chester. Nine of YA literature’s top writers, including Walter Dean Myers, Rita Williams-Garcia, Adam Rapp, Joseph Bruchac, and Sharon Flake reveal how it all goes down in a searing collection of short stories, in which each one picks up where the previous one ends. Characters weave in and out of narratives, perspectives change, and emotions play out for a fluid and fast-paced ode to the game. Crackling with humor, grit, and streetball philosophy, and featuring poems and photographs by Charles R. Smith Jr., this anthology is a slam dunk.

Lucky Cap by Patrick Jennings

2012-04-24T00:30:00-05:00

Lucky Cap
Written by Patrick Jennings

Trade Paperback, 224 pages | EgmontUSA | Juvenile Fiction - Humorous Stories; Juvenile Fiction - Sports & Recreation - Basketball; Juvenile Fiction - Social Situations - New Experience | $6.99 | 978-1-60684-306-2 (1-60684-306-0)

The summer before Enzo enters the 6th grade, his dad takes a job with a company cooler than Nike, Timberland, and Marc Ecko. Even better, he gets to spend the summer traveling with his father and the CEO/designer/head of the company, a cross between Steve Jobs and Lance Armstrong. Working out all Summer, meeting new people, and growing up makes him come back a different kid - more confident and self-assured. But when all the other kids, especially the girls, start paying attention and treating him differently, he ascribes it all to his cool prototype lucky cap. Flirted with, more popular, invited onto the sports teams - it's all thanks to his Lucky Cap. And when it disappears, Enzo stops at nothing to get it back, so he won't lose his new-found status, only to sabotage himself.

Tall Story by Candy Gourlay

2012-02-14T00:30:00-05:00

Tall Story
Written by Candy Gourlay

Trade Paperback, 304 pages | Yearling | Juvenile Fiction - Family - Siblings; Juvenile Fiction - Sports & Recreation - Basketball; Juvenile Fiction - Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic | $6.99 | 978-0-385-75233-6 (0-385-75233-4)

Andi is short. And she has lots of wishes. She wishes she could play on the school basketball team, she wishes for her own bedroom, but most of all she wishes that her long-lost half-brother, Bernardo, could come and live in London where he belongs.

Then Andi's biggest wish comes true and she's minutes away from becoming someone's little sister. As she waits anxiously for Bernardo to arrive from the Philippines, she hopes he'll turn out to be tall and just as crazy as she is about basketball. When he finally arrives, he's tall all right. Eight feet tall, in fact—plagued by condition called Gigantism and troubled by secrets that he believes led to his phenomenal growth.

In a novel packed with quirkiness and humor, Gourlay explores a touching sibling relationship and the clash of two very different cultures.

From the Hardcover edition.

Tall Story by Jayne Entwistle

2012-02-14T00:30:00-05:00

Tall Story
Written by Candy Gourlay
Read by Ramon De Ocampo and Jayne Entwistle

Unabridged Audiobook Download | Listening Library (Audio) | Juvenile Fiction - Family - Siblings; Juvenile Fiction - Sports & Recreation - Basketball; Juvenile Fiction - Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic | $15.00 | 978-0-307-96874-6 (0-307-96874-X)

Lucky Cap by Patrick Jennings

2011-04-26T00:30:00-05:00

Lucky Cap
Written by Patrick Jennings

Hardcover, 224 pages | EgmontUSA | Juvenile Fiction - Humorous Stories; Juvenile Fiction - Sports & Recreation - Basketball; Juvenile Fiction - Social Situations - New Experience | $15.99 | 978-1-60684-054-2 (1-60684-054-1)

Lucky Cap by Patrick Jennings

2011-04-26T00:30:00-05:00

Lucky Cap
Written by Patrick Jennings

eBook, 224 pages | EgmontUSA | Juvenile Fiction - Humorous Stories; Juvenile Fiction - Sports & Recreation - Basketball; Juvenile Fiction - Social Situations - New Experience | $6.99 | 978-1-60684-275-1 (1-60684-275-7)

Pick-Up Game by Various

2011-02-08T00:30:00-05:00

Pick-Up Game A Full Day of Full Court
Written by Various
Edited by Marc Aronson and Charles R. Smith Jr.
Illustrated by Charles R. Smith Jr.

Hardcover, 176 pages | Candlewick | Juvenile Fiction - Lifestyles (City Life); Juvenile Fiction - Short Stories; Juvenile Fiction - Sports & Recreation - Basketball | $15.99 | 978-0-7636-4562-5 (0-7636-4562-1)

Tall Story by Candy Gourlay

2011-02-08T00:30:00-05:00

Tall Story
Written by Candy Gourlay

Hardcover, 304 pages | David Fickling Books | Juvenile Fiction - Family - Siblings; Juvenile Fiction - Sports & Recreation - Basketball; Juvenile Fiction - Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic | $16.99 | 978-0-385-75217-6 (0-385-75217-2)

Tall Story by Candy Gourlay

2011-02-08T00:30:00-05:00

Tall Story
Written by Candy Gourlay

eBook, 304 pages | David Fickling Books | Juvenile Fiction - Family - Siblings; Juvenile Fiction - Sports & Recreation - Basketball; Juvenile Fiction - Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic | $6.99 | 978-0-375-89847-1 (0-375-89847-6)

Tall Story by Candy Gourlay

2011-02-08T00:30:00-05:00

Tall Story
Written by Candy Gourlay

Hardcover Library Binding, 304 pages | David Fickling Books | Juvenile Fiction - Family - Siblings; Juvenile Fiction - Sports & Recreation - Basketball; Juvenile Fiction - Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic | $19.99 | 978-0-385-75218-3 (0-385-75218-0)

Playing Without the Ball by Rich Wallace

2010-08-18T00:30:00-05:00

Playing Without the Ball
Written by Rich Wallace

eBook, 224 pages | Laurel Leaf | Juvenile Fiction - Sports & Recreation - Basketball; Juvenile Fiction - Social Situations - Adolescence | $5.99 | 978-0-307-47776-7 (0-307-47776-2)

Some might think Jay was cheated. By his mother, who walked out when he was 9. By his dad, who took a job a couple thousand miles away and let him stay above a bar in a one-room apartment. By the basketball coach, who saw his talent but chose youth over determination. And even Jay’s not sure whether this last year of high school in the small town of Sturbridge, Pennsylvania, will add up to anything. But just when senior year seems a waste–kissing the wrong girls, offending the right ones, playing basketball on a church league with other “rejects”–life begins to click again. The church league gives him some of the best basketball he’s ever played, and the right girl gives him a second chance. Jay may not know what he wants next out of life, but he’s beginning to get a clue about how to play the game.

From the Paperback edition.

Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery by John Feinstein

2008-12-24T00:30:00-05:00

Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery
Written by John Feinstein

eBook, 272 pages | Yearling | Juvenile Fiction - Mysteries & Detective Stories; Juvenile Fiction - Sports & Recreation - Basketball; Juvenile Fiction - Action & Adventure | $6.99 | 978-0-307-53695-2 (0-307-53695-5)

Steven Thomas is one of two lucky winners of the U.S. Basketball Writer’s Association’s contest for aspiring journalists. His prize? A trip to New Orleans and a coveted press pass for the Final Four. It’s a basketball junkie’s dream come true!
But the games going on behind the scenes between the coaches, the players, the media, the money-men, and the fans turn out to be even more fiercely competitive than those on the court. Steven and his fellow winner, Susan Carol Anderson, are nosing around the Superdome and overhear what sounds like a threat to throw the championship game. Now they have just 48 hours to figure out who is blackmailing one of MSU’s star players . . . and why.

Praise for John Feinstein:
“The best writer of sports books in America today.”—The Boston Globe

“Feinstein’s beat, it turns out, isn’t sports; it’s human nature.”—People on A March to Madness

“A basketball junkie’s nirvana.”—Sports Illustrated on A March to Madness

“One of the best sportswriters alive!”—Larry King, USA Today on A Good Walk Spoiled

From the Hardcover edition.

Toby Wheeler: Eighth Grade Benchwarmer by Thatcher Heldring

2008-11-11T00:30:00-05:00

Toby Wheeler: Eighth Grade Benchwarmer
Written by Thatcher Heldring

Trade Paperback, 224 pages | Yearling | Juvenile Fiction - Sports & Recreation - Basketball; Juvenile Fiction - Social Situations - Friendship | $6.50 | 978-0-440-42183-2 (0-440-42183-7)

When Toby Wheeler has a chance to join the junior high basketball team, he’s eager to prove he can keep up with his best friend, JJ. But practice doesn’t go quite as Toby has planned, and when the coach announces the lineup, Toby’s hopes of playing ball with JJ are history: he’s an eighth-grade benchwarmer!

Ball Don't Lie by Matt de la Pena

2007-12-18T00:30:00-05:00

Ball Don't Lie
Written by Matt de la Pena

eBook, 288 pages | Delacorte Press | Juvenile Fiction - Boys & Men; Juvenile Fiction - People & Places; Juvenile Fiction - Sports & Recreation - Basketball | $7.99 | 978-0-307-43316-9 (0-307-43316-1)

Sticky is a beat-around-the-head foster kid with nowhere to call home but the street, and an outer shell so tough that no one will take him in. He started out life so far behind the pack that the finish line seems nearly unreachable. He’s a white boy living and playing in a world where he doesn’t seem to belong.

But Sticky can ball. And basketball might just be his ticket out . . . if he can only realize that he doesn’t have to be the person everyone else expects him to be.

A breakout urban masterpiece by newcomer Matt de la Peña, Ball Don’t Lie takes place where the street and the court meet and where a boy can be anything if he puts his mind to it.

From the Hardcover edition.

Toby Wheeler: Eighth-Grade Benchwarmer by Thatcher Heldring

2007-08-28T00:30:00-05:00

Toby Wheeler: Eighth-Grade Benchwarmer
Written by Thatcher Heldring

eBook | Delacorte Books for Young Readers | Juvenile Fiction - Sports & Recreation - Basketball; Juvenile Fiction - Social Situations - Friendship | $5.99 | 978-0-375-89056-7 (0-375-89056-4)

TOBY WHEELER LOVES basketball and playing pickup games at the local rec center. No coaches, no practices, just nonstop action with his best friend, JJ, at his side. But lately JJ's been acting like he's too busy for Toby, and Toby knows it will only get worse once basketball season begins at their junior high. That's because JJ is the star of their school team, while Toby is just an ordinary gym rat.

When Coach Applewhite offers Toby a chance to join the team, Toby's eager to prove he can keep up with JJ. But then the coach announces the lineup, and Toby's hopes of playing ball with JJ are history: he's an eighthgrade benchwarmer! Befriending the coach's daughter only makes matters worse. Now the only way Toby will get in the game is if he starts thinking like a team player, on and off the court.

From the Hardcover edition.

Toby Wheeler: Eighth-Grade Benchwarmer by Thatcher Heldring

2007-08-14T00:30:00-05:00

Toby Wheeler: Eighth-Grade Benchwarmer
Written by Thatcher Heldring

Hardcover, 224 pages | Delacorte Books for Young Readers | Juvenile Fiction - Sports & Recreation - Basketball; Juvenile Fiction - Social Situations - Friendship | $14.99 | 978-0-385-73390-8 (0-385-73390-9)

Random House New Releases - Juvenile Fiction - Sports & Recreation - Basketball

Foul Trouble by John Feinstein

Foul Trouble Written by John Feinstein

Foul Trouble by John Feinstein

Foul Trouble Written by John Feinstein

Foul Trouble by John Feinstein

Foul Trouble Written by John Feinstein

H.O.R.S.E. by Christopher Myers

H.O.R.S.E. A Game of Basketball and ImaginationWritten by Christopher Myers Illustrated by Christopher Myers

Pick-Up Game by Various

Pick-Up Game A Full Day of Full CourtWritten by Various Edited by Marc Aronson and Charles R. Smith Jr. Illustrated by Charles R. Smith Jr.

Lucky Cap by Patrick Jennings

Lucky Cap Written by Patrick Jennings

Tall Story by Candy Gourlay

Tall Story Written by Candy Gourlay

Tall Story by Jayne Entwistle

Tall Story Written by Candy Gourlay Read by Ramon De Ocampo and Jayne Entwistle

Lucky Cap by Patrick Jennings

Lucky Cap Written by Patrick Jennings

Lucky Cap by Patrick Jennings

Lucky Cap Written by Patrick Jennings

Pick-Up Game by Various

Pick-Up Game A Full Day of Full CourtWritten by Various Edited by Marc Aronson and Charles R. Smith Jr. Illustrated by Charles R. Smith Jr.

Tall Story by Candy Gourlay

Tall Story Written by Candy Gourlay

Tall Story by Candy Gourlay

Tall Story Written by Candy Gourlay

Tall Story by Candy Gourlay

Tall Story Written by Candy Gourlay

Playing Without the Ball by Rich Wallace

Playing Without the Ball Written by Rich Wallace

Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery by John Feinstein

Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery Written by John Feinstein

Toby Wheeler: Eighth Grade Benchwarmer by Thatcher Heldring

Toby Wheeler: Eighth Grade Benchwarmer Written by Thatcher Heldring

Ball Don't Lie by Matt de la Pena

Ball Don't Lie Written by Matt de la Pena

Toby Wheeler: Eighth-Grade Benchwarmer by Thatcher Heldring

Toby Wheeler: Eighth-Grade Benchwarmer Written by Thatcher Heldring

Toby Wheeler: Eighth-Grade Benchwarmer by Thatcher Heldring

Toby Wheeler: Eighth-Grade Benchwarmer Written by Thatcher Heldring

Foul Trouble
Written by John Feinstein

Foul Trouble
Written by John Feinstein

Foul Trouble
Written by John Feinstein

H.O.R.S.E. A Game of Basketball and Imagination
Written by Christopher Myers
Illustrated by Christopher Myers

Pick-Up Game A Full Day of Full Court
Written by Various
Edited by Marc Aronson and Charles R. Smith Jr.
Illustrated by Charles R. Smith Jr.

Lucky Cap
Written by Patrick Jennings

Tall Story
Written by Candy Gourlay

Tall Story
Written by Candy Gourlay
Read by Ramon De Ocampo and Jayne Entwistle

Lucky Cap
Written by Patrick Jennings

Lucky Cap
Written by Patrick Jennings

Pick-Up Game A Full Day of Full Court
Written by Various
Edited by Marc Aronson and Charles R. Smith Jr.
Illustrated by Charles R. Smith Jr.

Tall Story
Written by Candy Gourlay

Tall Story
Written by Candy Gourlay

Tall Story
Written by Candy Gourlay

Playing Without the Ball
Written by Rich Wallace

Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery
Written by John Feinstein

Toby Wheeler: Eighth Grade Benchwarmer
Written by Thatcher Heldring

Ball Don't Lie
Written by Matt de la Pena

Toby Wheeler: Eighth-Grade Benchwarmer
Written by Thatcher Heldring

Toby Wheeler: Eighth-Grade Benchwarmer
Written by Thatcher Heldring