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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.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cookstown Branch | J FIC Tavar | 31681030065270 | JFIC GN | Available | - |
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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 girlsâ basketball team in 1975 Indiana, as they push through to improbable victory after improbable victory despite their disadvantages. Simultaneous. - Random House, Inc.
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A work of fiction inspired by a true story, Matt Tavaresâs 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 girlsâ 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 boysâ 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.
