Slam Dunk!
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| Rating | : | 4.83 (610 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0439672007 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-30 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"It was an honor to have Jackie Robinson's daugther book" according to Doris Alcendor Douglas. It was an honor to have a book written by the daughter of one of America's Most Famous People: Jackie Robinson. Trina said Great Book!!!. Bought it as a set as a gift. I can't wait to present it!!! Very excited!!! Love this book series!!!!
Jumper is back in this lively sequel to SAFE AT HOME and this time he's running for student council!Elijah "Jumper" Breeze is settling into his new home in Harlem--though it hasn't been easy since his father died and his mother moved them from the suburbs.Still, he made friends at summer camp and he's eager to see them at his new middle school. Then his best friend, Kelvin, talks him into running for student council and suddenly life gets a lot more complicated! He needs to out-poll Nia, his fiercest opponent in the student council race, and doesn't want to lose her friendship in the process.. Jumper is looking forward to hitting the books and hitting the court for some serious b-ball
This time, however, it's Nia who gets in Jumper's face. While serious issues broached in the earlier book (Marcus' anger and Jumper's grieving for his father) are given renewed attention, this is really an amiable story about friends who stay that way, a theme that translates well in any community. The question then becomes, Can Jumper and Nia be both friends and competitors? The dialogue feels a little strained ("It's slammin'," "Word!"), and the basketball scenes are perhaps too few for real sport fans. From Booklist Suburban Connecticut transplant Elijah Jumper Breeze (Safe at Home, 2006) returns here in a story featuring a sport more to his liking than baseball—basketball. Nia's all-girls basketball team beats Jumper's boys team in an embarrassing exhibition match, and she decides to oppose Jumper in a bid for class student-council rep. Friend Nia and her brother Marcus, Jumper's nemesis from su
Sharon Robinson, daughter of baseball legend Jackie Robinson, is the author of several works of fiction and nonfiction. She has also written several widely praised nonfiction books about her father, including JACKIE'S NINE: BECOMING YOUR BEST SELF and PROMISES TO KEEP: HOW JACKIE ROBINSON CHANGED AMERICA.