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STAT: Standing Tall and Talented #1: Home Court - Library Edition
Brief Description:
Between sports, school, and working for his father, eleven-year-old Amar'e's life is full and he is not yet ready to concentrate on basketball--but when a group of older boys start hogging the local basketball court he knows that he has to do something to help his friends.
Biographical Note:
Amar'e Stoudemire, Captain of the New York Knicks and a six-time NBA All-Star, is a well-respected professional basketball player who has left his mark on the game and the community through his award winning outreach. He is focused on creatively inspiring youth to avoid poverty through education. He is the father of three children.
Marc Notes:
; Between sports, school, and working for his father, eleven-year-old Amar'e's life is full and he is not yet ready to concentrate on basketball--but when a group of older boys start hogging the local basketball court he knows that he has to do something to help his friends..
Publisher Marketing:
Standing Tall And Talented-- A slam-dunk new fiction series from NBA superstar Amar'e Stoudemire!
Eleven-year-old Amar'e Stoudemire has a lot going on. He loves to go skateboarding in the park. He takes his school work very seriously. He helps out with his dad's landscaping company. And he likes to play basketball with his best friends-but just for fun.
When a group of older kids start disrespecting his boys on their neighborhood basketball court, there is only one solution. Amar'e must step in and use his athletic ability and intelligence to save the day. This experience leads Amar'e to realize that basketball is his true passion.
Based on the life of All-Star NBA sensation Amar'e Stoudemire, who overcame many obstacles to become one of the most popular figures in sports today.
Amar'e is just as versatile in his off the court life as he is on. He is devoted to several charities. He promotes literacy and education. He is a media darling. And he has an amazing story to tell in this heartfelt, accessible middle-grade series.
Review Booklist 06/01/2012 pg. 100 (EAN 9780545431699, Library Binding) Publishers Weekly 06/11/2012 pg. 52 (EAN 9780545431699, Library Binding) Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2012 (EAN 9780545431699, Library Binding) Essence 11/01/2012 pg. 84 (EAN 9780545431699, Library Binding) Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2013 pg. 85 (EAN 9780545431699, Library Binding)
Between sports, school, and working for his father, eleven-year-old Amar'e's life is full and he is not yet ready to concentrate on basketball--but when a group of older boys start hogging the local basketball court he knows that he has to do something to help his friends.
Biographical Note:
Amar'e Stoudemire, Captain of the New York Knicks and a six-time NBA All-Star, is a well-respected professional basketball player who has left his mark on the game and the community through his award winning outreach. He is focused on creatively inspiring youth to avoid poverty through education. He is the father of three children.
Marc Notes:
; Between sports, school, and working for his father, eleven-year-old Amar'e's life is full and he is not yet ready to concentrate on basketball--but when a group of older boys start hogging the local basketball court he knows that he has to do something to help his friends..
Publisher Marketing:
Standing Tall And Talented-- A slam-dunk new fiction series from NBA superstar Amar'e Stoudemire!
Eleven-year-old Amar'e Stoudemire has a lot going on. He loves to go skateboarding in the park. He takes his school work very seriously. He helps out with his dad's landscaping company. And he likes to play basketball with his best friends-but just for fun.
When a group of older kids start disrespecting his boys on their neighborhood basketball court, there is only one solution. Amar'e must step in and use his athletic ability and intelligence to save the day. This experience leads Amar'e to realize that basketball is his true passion.
Based on the life of All-Star NBA sensation Amar'e Stoudemire, who overcame many obstacles to become one of the most popular figures in sports today.
Amar'e is just as versatile in his off the court life as he is on. He is devoted to several charities. He promotes literacy and education. He is a media darling. And he has an amazing story to tell in this heartfelt, accessible middle-grade series.
Review Booklist 06/01/2012 pg. 100 (EAN 9780545431699, Library Binding) Publishers Weekly 06/11/2012 pg. 52 (EAN 9780545431699, Library Binding) Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2012 (EAN 9780545431699, Library Binding) Essence 11/01/2012 pg. 84 (EAN 9780545431699, Library Binding) Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2013 pg. 85 (EAN 9780545431699, Library Binding)
144 pages, Spiral-bound
Published August 1, 2012
About the author
Amar'e Stoudemire
8 books14 followersAmar'e Carsares Stoudemire is an American professional basketball for the New York Knicks. He plays as a power forward and center.
Stoudemire is deeply involved in philanthropic work including organizations like Boys and Girls Club of the Greater Phoenix area, the Each 1, Teach 1 Foundation, an organization founded by Stoudemire, which is devoted to supplying clean drinking water in Sierra Leone.
2011, Stoudemire was approached by Scholastic Press to write a series of chapter books geared towards elementary school aged children entitled, State: Standing Tall and Talented. The first book in the series, STAT: Home Court, was described by Stoudemire to be biographical, was published in August 2012.
Stoudemire is deeply involved in philanthropic work including organizations like Boys and Girls Club of the Greater Phoenix area, the Each 1, Teach 1 Foundation, an organization founded by Stoudemire, which is devoted to supplying clean drinking water in Sierra Leone.
2011, Stoudemire was approached by Scholastic Press to write a series of chapter books geared towards elementary school aged children entitled, State: Standing Tall and Talented. The first book in the series, STAT: Home Court, was described by Stoudemire to be biographical, was published in August 2012.
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