Rez ball /
Graves, Byron.
Rez ball / Byron Graves. - 1st pbk. ed. - New York, NY : Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2024. �2023 - 357 p. ; 22 cm.
School Library Journal starred, January 2024 Booklist, July 2023 Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), September 2023 Kirkus Review, July 2023 Publishers Weekly Annex, September 2023
"These days, Tre Brun is happiest when he is playing basketball on the Red Lake Reservation high school team--even though he can't help but be constantly gut-punched with memories of his big brother, Jaxon, who died in an accident. When Jaxon's former teammates on the varsity team offer to take Tre under their wing, he sees this as his shot to represent his Ojibwe rez all the way to their first state championship. This is the first step toward his dream of playing in the NBA, no matter how much the odds are stacked against him. But stepping into his brother's shoes as a star player means that Tre can't mess up. Not on the court, not at school, and not with his new friend, gamer Khiana, who he is definitely not falling in love with. After decades of rez teams almost making it, Tre needs to take his team to state. Because if he can live up to Jaxon's dreams, their story isn't over yet"--Provided by publisher.
Young Adult Follett School Solutions.
William C. Morris Award, 2024
9780063160385
Ojibwa Indians--Fiction.
Teenage boys--Fiction.
Basketball.--Fiction.
Sports fiction.
PZ7.1.G73217 / Re 2024
[Fic]
Rez ball / Byron Graves. - 1st pbk. ed. - New York, NY : Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2024. �2023 - 357 p. ; 22 cm.
School Library Journal starred, January 2024 Booklist, July 2023 Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), September 2023 Kirkus Review, July 2023 Publishers Weekly Annex, September 2023
"These days, Tre Brun is happiest when he is playing basketball on the Red Lake Reservation high school team--even though he can't help but be constantly gut-punched with memories of his big brother, Jaxon, who died in an accident. When Jaxon's former teammates on the varsity team offer to take Tre under their wing, he sees this as his shot to represent his Ojibwe rez all the way to their first state championship. This is the first step toward his dream of playing in the NBA, no matter how much the odds are stacked against him. But stepping into his brother's shoes as a star player means that Tre can't mess up. Not on the court, not at school, and not with his new friend, gamer Khiana, who he is definitely not falling in love with. After decades of rez teams almost making it, Tre needs to take his team to state. Because if he can live up to Jaxon's dreams, their story isn't over yet"--Provided by publisher.
Young Adult Follett School Solutions.
William C. Morris Award, 2024
9780063160385
Ojibwa Indians--Fiction.
Teenage boys--Fiction.
Basketball.--Fiction.
Sports fiction.
PZ7.1.G73217 / Re 2024
[Fic]