Hoops
"A work of fiction inspired by a true story, Matt Tavares's debut graphic novel dramatizes the historic struggle for gender equality in high school sports. It is 1975 in Indiana, and the Wilkins Regional High School girls' basketball team is in their rookie season. Despite being undef...
| Main Author: | Tavares, Matt (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book Comic & Graphic Novel |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Somerville, Massachusetts :
Candlewick Press,
2023.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
"A work of fiction inspired by a true story, Matt Tavares's debut graphic novel dramatizes the historic struggle for gender equality in high school sports. It is 1975 in Indiana, and the Wilkins Regional High School girls' basketball team is in their rookie season. Despite being undefeated, they practice at night in the elementary school and play to empty bleachers. Unlike the boys' team, the Lady Bears have no buses to deliver them to away games and no uniforms, much less a laundry service. They make their own uniforms out of T-shirts and electrical tape. And with help from a committed female coach, they push through to improbable victory after improbable victory. Illustrated in full color, this story about the ongoing battle of women striving for equality in sports rings with honesty, bravery, and heart." -- |
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| Item Description: |
Includes information on Title IX. |
| Physical Description: |
215 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781536201369 1536201367 9781536231953 1536231959 |
| Author Notes: |
Matt wrote and illustrated his first picture book, Sebastian's Ball, as his senior thesis at Bates College. Three years later, after much revision, Sebastian's Ball became Zachary's Ball, his first published picture book. Since then, Matt has published a number of books. Matt's books have won several awards, including three Parents' Choice Gold Awards, a Parents' Choice Silver Honor, two Oppenheim Gold Seal Awards, and an International Reading Association Children's Book Award. Matt lives in Ogunquit, Maine with his wife, Sarah, and their two daughters. (Bowker Author Biography) |