True Legend
by Mike Lupica
#1 New York Times bestseller Mike Lupica makes his return to the basketball... read more
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- Grade
- 4-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Sports
- Cultural Area
- African American
Year Published 2012
Word Count 63,346
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 850L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 151867
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Conduct of life--Fiction
- Schools
- Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation | Basketball
- Teamwork (Sports)--Fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- High schools--Fiction
- Teamwork (Sports)
- Conduct of life
- High schools
- African Americans--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | General (see also headings under Family)
- African Americans
- Schools--Fiction
- Basketball--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes)
- Basketball
- Lists With This Book
- African American Experience
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Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Sports Selection, 2013
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