Dunk Under Pressure: Winning Season - Hardcover

Wallace, Rich

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 067006095X ISBN 13: 9780670060955

Publisher: Viking Juvenile, 2006

Synopsis

Free throw specialist Cornell "Dunk" Duncan joins the YMCA summer basketball league all-star team, but after losing his confidence in an important game the seventh-grader makes some decisions about becoming an all-around player.

About this title

About the Author:

Rich Wallace was a high school and college athlete and then a sportswriter before he began writing novels. He is the author of many critically acclaimed sports-themed novels, including Wrestling Sturbridge, Shots on Goal, and Restless: A Ghost’s Story. Rich lives in Pennsylvania.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 4-6–The team from Technical Foul (Viking, 2004) goes to the New Jersey state finals. Cornell Duncan, 12, is a great free-throw shooter, but not the best player, so he mainly warms the bench and watches the starters. This works fine, since he can observe the game and narrate the action. He is put in during a close game and has a chance to shoot his magical free throw, but there is more to being a player than that. Wallace offers a good portrayal of sixth-grade boys and team dynamics. Dunk has a special relationship with his college-age aunt, who also is a great basketball player. Similar to Dan Gutman's or Matt Christopher's books, this title is easy enough to recommend to older, struggling readers. Wallace keeps the action realistic and believable.–Sharon R. Pearce, Chippewa Elementary School, Bensenville, IL
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About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Juvenile
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 067006095X
• ISBN 13: 9780670060955
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 128