Pick-Up Game

Pick-Up GameBy: Various Illustrator: Charles R. Smith Jr. "Nine all stars in the field of YA lit contribute stories. . . . An anthology of stand alone stories that invite no, demand a straight read through." Bulletin of the Center for Childrens Books (starred review) Nine of YA literatures top writers, including Walter Dean Myers, Rita Williams Garcia, Adam Rapp, Joseph Bruchac, and Sharon Flake reveal how it all goes down in a searing collection of short

By: Various | Illustrator:  Charles R. Smith Jr.   

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"Nine all-stars in the field of YA lit contribute stories. . . . An anthology of stand-alone stories that invite — no, demand — a straight read-through." — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review)

Nine of YA literature’s top writers, including Walter Dean Myers, Rita Williams-Garcia, Adam Rapp, Joseph Bruchac, and Sharon Flake reveal how it all goes down in a searing collection of short stories, in which each one picks up where the previous one ends. Characters weave in and out of narratives, perspectives change, and emotions play out for a fluid and fast-paced ode to the game of street basketball. Crackling with humor, grit, and streetball philosophy, and featuring poems and photographs by Charles R. Smith Jr., this anthology is a slam dunk.