Phillip Hoose

(Author)

Attucks!: How Crispus Attucks Basketball Broke Racial Barriers and Jolted the WorldHardcover, 23 October 2018

Attucks!: How Crispus Attucks Basketball Broke Racial Barriers and Jolted the World
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Reading Age
Ages: 12-15
Grade Levels
7-10
Print Length
224 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Date Published
23 Oct 2018
ISBN-10
0374306125
ISBN-13
9780374306120

Description

Attucks! is true story of the all-black high school basketball team that broke the color barrier in segregated 1950s Indiana, masterfully told by National Book Award winner Phil Hoose.

By winning the state high school basketball championship in 1955, ten teens from an Indianapolis school meant to be the centerpiece of racially segregated education in the state shattered the myth of their inferiority. Their brilliant coach had fashioned an unbeatable team from a group of boys born in the South and raised in poverty. Anchored by the astonishing Oscar Robertson, a future college and NBA star, the Crispus Attucks Tigers went down in history as the first state champions from Indianapolis and the first all-black team in U.S. history to win a racially open championship tournament--an integration they had forced with their on-court prowess.

From native Hoosier and award-winning author Phillip Hoose comes this true story of a team up against impossible odds, making a difference when it mattered most.

An ALA Notable Book of 2019
NYPL Best Book for Teens of 2018
A 2018 Booklist Youth Editors' Choice
A Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Book of 2018
A Kirkus Reviews Best YA Nonfiction Book of 2018
An ALSC Notable Children's Book of 2019
**A YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award Nominee
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This title has Common Core connections.

Product Details

Audience:
Ages: 12-15
Author:
Phillip Hoose
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
23 October 2018
Dimensions:
23.37 x 16 x 1.78 cm
Educational Level:
Grade Levels: 7-10
ISBN-10:
0374306125
ISBN-13:
9780374306120
Language:
English
Location:
New York
Pages:
224
Weight:
453.59 gm

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