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Hoops / Matt Tavares.
Inspired by a true story, this graphic novel about the ongoing battle of women striving for equality in sports follows the Wilkins Regional High School girls' basketball team in 1975 Indiana, as they push through to improbable victory after improbable victory despite their disadvantages.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781536201369 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 215 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2023.
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| Subject: | Basketball for girls > Juvenile fiction. Sex discrimination in sports > Juvenile fiction. High schools > Juvenile fiction. Cartoons and comics. Indiana > Juvenile fiction. |
| Genre: | Sports comics. School comics. Historical comics. Graphic novels. Comics (Graphic works) |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookstown Branch | J FIC Tavar | 31681030065270 | JFIC GN | Available | - |
Matt Tavares is the author-illustrator of the New York Times best-selling picture book Dasher, as well as Red and Lulu and several sports biographies, including Becoming Babe Ruth and Growing Up Pedro. He is also the illustrator of Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by Jeff Gottesfeld, The Gingerbread Pirates by Kristin Kladstrup, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, and Over the River and Through the Wood, among many other picture books. Matt Tavares lives in Maine.
