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Slump
Contributor(s): Waltman, Kevin (Author)

ISBN: 1941026001 ISBN-13: 9781941026007
Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press

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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 2014
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Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation - Basketball
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African-american
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - General (see Also Headings Under Family)

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 2014007657

Age Level: 14-UP

Grade Level: 9-UP

Lexile Measure: 760(Not Available)

Series: D-Bow High School Hoops

Physical Information: 1" H x 5.5" W x 8" L (0.80 lbs) 216 pages

Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Sex & Gender - Boy's Interest
- Topical - Family

Features: Ikids, Price on Product

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2014
School Library Journal 11/01/2014 pg. 126
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2014 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2014

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 170228
Reading Level: 5.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 12.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:

Waltman's series opener Next] (first of a planned four) features plenty of basketball action fueled by hoops slang that will set basketball-mad readers right onto the court. . . . The author avoids slam-dunk answers, leaving readers poised for the next book. Like Derrick, this series is off to a promising high school career.--Kirkus Reviews

Things were supposed to change for sophomore year. Things were supposed to be--I don't know--easier somehow. At least with Jasmine. Instead it's more of a struggle than ever. At least last year when she was with Nick Starks I knew where I stood.

Derrick Bowen's sophomore year is a grind. He's been looking forward to the basketball season all summer, but his girlfriend Jasmine leaves him for putting too much focus on basketball. The promise his Marion East basketball team showed at the end of last season isn't materializing. And the sweet jumper D-Bow worked on all summer just isn't falling. When Derrick's father is severely injured in a car crash, Derrick is faced with a new reality where basketball can't be his only priority.

Kevin Waltman teaches creative writing at the University of Alabama. He lives in Coker, Alabama, with his family. Slump is the second book in his D-Bow High School Hoops series.

Contributor Bio(s): Waltman, Kevin: - Kevin Waltman: Kevin Waltman is an instructor at The University of Alabama. He lives in Coker with his wife Jessica, their daughter Calla, and their dog Henry. His first young adult novel, Nowhere Fast, was published by Scholastic in 2002, and his second, Learning the Game, was published by Scholastic in 2005.

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