Reviews by Tag: basketball

Teen Review
KD: Kevin Durant's Relentless Pursuit to Be the Greatest book cover

KD: Kevin Durant's Relentless Pursuit to Be the Greatest

By Marcus Thompson II
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Pranav P.
Dec 8, 2023

Kevin Durant's Relentless Pursuit to Be the Greatest, written by Marcus Thompson, is the biography of one of the greatest basketball players in NBA history. This book embarks the life of Kevin Durant starting in Seattle with the Sonics to Thunder in OKC to the Warriors in San Francisco and finally to the Brooklyn Nets. The book helps us understand what his struggles were and how he had to work hard to be one of the best. The book describes KD’s upbringing as well as how hard he worked even as small kid.

Teen Review
Fieldhouse by Scott Novosel

Fieldhouse

By Scott Novosel
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Leena D.
Feb 2, 2023

Scott Novosell is eager to play on the Kansas University basketball team. He repeatedly emails
the team’s head coach, and eventually scores an interview with him. The interview didn’t go
well, but the coach advised him to participate in the walk-on tryouts. On the first day, he played
outstandingly, but all of a sudden, he broke his leg and is unable to try out for this season. Will
Scott bounce back and try out next season, or leave basketball behind and focus on other
things?

Teen Review
The Mamba Mentality How I Play by Kobe Bryant

The Mamba Mentality: How I Play

By Kobe Bryant
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Nihanth D.
Jun 1, 2022

The Mamba Mentality: How I Play” is an autobiography by Kobe “The Black Mamba” Bryant, the late NBA legend who is widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time. This book takes us into the mind of Kobe Bryant and shows us how he approached certain situations. As the book goes on, Kobe’s passion and fearlessness was always bright and clear.

Teen Review
She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen

She Drives Me Crazy

By Kelly Quindlen
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Shreya A.
Oct 21, 2021

She Drives Me Crazy is a funny and addicting young adult novel by Kelly Quindlen. This book is about two lesbians, one who is extremely popular and named Irene, and one who is on the girl’s basketball team named Scottie. They awkwardly get together at first, trying to bring fans to the girl’s basketball game and their scheme gradually turns into a love story.

Staff Review

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

By Sherman Alexie
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by Helen H.
Aug 14, 2009

When Junior announces that he wants to attend the white school off the reservation he is not only ostracized, but tormented by his own people. As he dips one foot into the strange world of white people and keeps the other firmly planted on the reservation he feels torn between the better life he glimpses at his new school and the life he has always known.

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