Slam Dunk
- Publisher
- James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1998
- Category
- Basketball, General, General
- Recommended Age
- 10 to 13
- Recommended Grade
- 4 to 8
- Recommended Reading age
- 7 to 10
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781550285994
- Publish Date
- Jan 1998
- List Price
- $16.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781552776896
- Publish Date
- Feb 2012
- List Price
- $12.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781552776889
- Publish Date
- Feb 2011
- List Price
- $9.95
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Description
Mason's basketball team, the Cabbagetown Raptors, is going co-ed after seven successful seasons. He's pretty open-minded about the change, especially after he meets Cindy, a really top-notch player. The other guys aren't so sure.
Before long everyone has taken sides, and the Raptors' chances of making the national finals seem to fade into oblivion. When Mason's growing friendship with Cindy goes sour, however, he takes it upon himself to make things better, both with Cindy and the team.
Fast-paced and action-packed, Slam Dunk explores issues that arise when boys and girls play together on mixed teams.
About the authors
Steven Barwin is a middle school teacher. He is the author of Hurricane Heat in the Orca Sport series and several Lorimer Sports Stories novels, including Fadeaway, Rock Dogs, SK8ER and Icebreaker, which was chosen as a Canadian Children's Book Centre Best Books for Kids and Teens selection.
GABRIEL DAVID TICK is a television writer. With Steven Barwin, they have written for such shows as John Woo's television series Once a Thief; The Royal Canadian Air Farce; and Street Cents.
