"Alex sueña can convertirse en estrella del baloncesto. Pero, como es la niña más baja del equipo, le cuesta mucho. Necesita ser alta... ¡y pronto! ¿O quizá no?" "Alex has dreams of becoming a basketball star. But as the shortest kid on the team, she's struggling. She needs to get tall...fast! Or does she?"--

From the mind of basketball legend and Academy Award-winning storyteller Kobe Bryant comes this radically original portrait of five young basketball players, one enlightening coach, and the awesome transformative power of the game. Filled with insights about the mental stamina and emotional clarity that peak performance requires, this is an indispensable story for young athletes, coaches, educators, and anyone interested in the astonishing potential...

Mo Jackson loves passing the ball in basketball practice, but he can't quite throw it high enough. Will he be able to pass it when he plays in the big game?

"¡Es un nuevo año escolar! Tres estudiantes se hacen amigos gracias a su pasión por el baloncesto. Sin embargo, cuando deciden dejar la cancha para jugar en el área de juegos de la escuela, se encuentran con algunos problemas que los toman desprevenidos. ¿Cómo harán para sortearlos y jugar en equipo?" "It's a new school year! Three students bond over their love of basketball. However, when they decide to go off court and play on their school...

"Layla's hard work pays off when she moves from a substitute to starting player and captain of the basketball team, but her best friend and teammate Danika causes trouble"--Provided by publisher.

After flunking sixth-grade English, basketball prodigy Stanford Wong must struggle to pass his summer-school class, keep his failure a secret from his friends, and satisfy his academically demanding father.

Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.

Gene understands stories - comic book stories, in particular. Big action. Bigger thrills. And the hero always wins. But Gene doesn't get sports. As a kid, his friends called him "Stick" and every basketball game he played ended in pain. He lost interest in basketball long ago, but at the high school where he now teaches, it's all anyone can talk about. The men's varsity team, the Dragons, is having a phenomenal season that's been decades in the making....

Twelve-year old Sarah is used to being the star on her basketball team, playing with her best friends, but suddenly she finds that her body is changing and she does not understand why she cannot keep up on the court, plus she does not understand why her mother has gotten so weird about food, binging on candy while forgetting about dinner, and she really does not understand why she told Benny, her crush, about her mother--but when Benny offers to teach...

Life is full of great expectations for Korean American Pippa Park. It seems like everyone, from her family to the other kids at school, has a plan for how her life should look. So when Pippa gets a mysterious basketball scholarship to Lakeview Private, she jumps at the chance to reinvent herself by following the "Rules of Cool." At Lakeview, Pippa juggles old and new friends, an unrequited crush, and the pressure to perform academically and athletically...