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48 pp.
| Lerner/Millbrook
| March, 2001
|
LibraryISBN 0-7613-1967-0$$20.90
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4-6
New Wave series.
After discussing the support of his parents as necessary for Tiger Woods's success, this sports biography presents Tiger's unrivaled feats in breaking golf's race and age barriers, opening the game to a new generation of players. Tiger's childhood and early career are also covered. A variety of color photographs and information boxes supplement the text. Ind.
48 pp.
| Enslow
| May, 2001
|
LibraryISBN 0-7660-1513-0$$18.95
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K-3
Super Sports Star series.
The large print and readable text will encourage young fans to read about professional basketball player Tim Duncan. Play-by-play game details make up most of this formulaic sports biography, but some basic personal anecdotes (fear of sharks, childhood dream of swimming in the Olympics) are incorporated. Stock photos and career statistics are included. Bib., glos., ind.
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YA
Despite its gritty milieu and violent central motif, this is a love story. Sixteen-year-old Jamaican-born Thulani's only friends are the pigeons on the roof of the Brooklyn brownstone he shares with his brother and sister-in-law. He witnesses a rape from the roof; after he intercedes on the victim's behalf, he becomes obsessed with her. Well-observed and subtle, this novel artfully interplays harsh urban realities with adolescent innocence.
Reviewer: Nell Beram
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2001
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4-6
When Napoleon Ellis arrives from Dominica at Richard's parochial school, Richard dreams of their becoming the next Gold Dust Twins of the 1975 Red Sox. Self-assured Richard can't imagine anyone who wouldn't want the same, but Napoleon complicates things. Set against the backdrop of the 1970s' Boston busing crisis, this provocative novel tells a piece of the city's history and the more intimate story of a transforming friendship.
Reviewer: Lauren Adams
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2000
112 pp.
| Enslow
| July, 2000
|
LibraryISBN 0-7660-1334-0$$19.95
(4)
4-6
Sports Reports series.
Super Bowl MVP Davis, Caribbean-born basketball player Duncan, and longtime NASCAR driver Earnhardt are the subjects of these biographies that provide detailed coverage of their achievements on sports but only sketchy information about their personal lives. The black-and-white photographs are unexceptional, but the big print, wide margins, and boxed facts will draw kids who may ordinarily be more interested in sports than reading. Ind.