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Stokes the brief career of the NBA's first Black superstar

"Maurice Stokes was 6'7" and could play offense and defense like no one else his size in the NBA in 1958. After experiencing a career-ending injury during a game, other players rallied to support Stokes"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Chapman, Ty (Author), Coy, John, 1958- (Author)
Other Authors:	Ollivierre, Lonnie (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Minneapolis : Millbrook Press , [2024]
Subjects:	Stokes, Maurice > Juvenile nonfiction. African American basketball players > Pennsylvania > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction. Forwards (Basketball) > United States > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction. Centers (Basketball) > United States > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction. Basketball Hall of Famers > United States > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction. Brain > Concussion > Juvenile nonfiction. Biographies > Juvenile.
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Summary:	"Maurice Stokes was 6'7" and could play offense and defense like no one else his size in the NBA in 1958. After experiencing a career-ending injury during a game, other players rallied to support Stokes"--
Physical Description:	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Audience:	Ages 7-11 years Grades 2-3
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9781728492490 1728492491
Author Notes:	Ty Chapman is an award-winning author and poet based in Minnesota. He is the author of many children's books and the poetry collection, Tartarus. Additionally, he co-edited the poetry anthology, Witness, with his friend and collaborator, Ari Tison. He has published poems through The Academy of American Poets, Water~Stone, and more. Ty has received fellowships from The McKnight Foundation, Cave Canem, The Center for Arts + Social Justice,and The Loft Literary Center. He holds an MFA in writing for children and young adults through Vermont College of Fine Arts. John Coy is the author of young adult novels, the 4 for 4 middle-grade series, and nonfiction and fiction picture books including Hoop Genius, Game Changer, Their Great Gift, Dads, If We Were Gone, and Where We Come From . He has received numerous awards for his work including a Marion Vannett Ridgway Award, a Charlotte Zolotow Honor, a Bank Street College Best Book of the Year,and the Burr/Warzalla Award for Distinguished Achievement in Children's Literature. John lives by the Mississippi River in Minneapolis. Lonnie Ollivierre was born in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, grew up in Brooklyn New York, and now lives in Georgia. He taught himself to paint with oil and acrylic, seeking to inspire and uplift others in his art. His illustrated work includes the picture book A-Train Allen by Lesley Younge which was the inaugural Own Voices, Own Stories Grand Prize Winner.