THE MOVES MAKE THE MAN
Book ID/图书代码： 02330010B38388
English Summary/英文概要： Reverse spin, triple pump, reverse dribble, stutter step with twist to the left, stutter into jumper, blind pass. These are me. The moves make the man. The moves make me.
Jerome foxworthy -- the Jayfox to his friends -- likes to think he can handle anything. He handled growing up without a father. He handled being the first black kid in school. And he sure can handle a basketball.
Then Jerome meets bix Rivers -- mysterious and moody, but a great athlete. So Jerome decides to teach bix his game. He can tell that bix has the talent. All he’s got to do is learn the right moves....
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 故事發生在1961年的美國北卡羅納州，當時還是種族平等及人權運動的萌芽時期。
主角分別是一位非裔美國男孩Jerome Foxworthy (Jayfox)及白人男孩Braxton Rivers III(Bix)，兩人的生長環境各自不同，Jayfox在一個沒有父親的家庭長大，成熟懂事，很多事情都能自己處理，認為自己就算到一個只有白人的小學也能應付的來，但事實上卻並不如他想像，連想打藍球也沒人願意讓他加入，只能獨自在夜晚時練習…
Bix的家庭狀況也不是很好，家裡有個智能問題的母親，父親則常打他來出氣，從小就孤立自己不和別人相處，很難對他人信任，容易生氣有習慣性的說謊，非常熱愛棒球…
當Jayfox看到Bix打棒球時，發現他有獨特的運動天賦，隨即上前與他交談，並問他是否願意與他一起打籃球，Bix表示自己對籃球不瞭解，但是願意嘗試，這意想不到的接受讓Jayfox感到高興不已，就這兩人每天就在傍晚放學後，在空無一人，沒有燈光的場地下練習…
隨著時間的過去，儘管Bix的球技不斷的進步，但兩人的友誼似乎並未隨之增進，直到有天Bix說出自己願意打籃球的原因…而這似乎也開啟兩人邁向彼此人生的下一步…(Vincent)
Awards/获奖情况：美國紐伯瑞得獎作品！全美銷售超過50萬冊！ Over half a million copies sold!
¨ Winner of 1985 Newbery Honor Book
¨ ALA Best of the Best Books for Young Adults
¨ Boston Globe – Horn Book Award
¨ School Library Journal Best Book
Rights Sold:
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Reviews:
“Readers will enjoy its humor, electric tension and great characters. The description of the basketball action is simply excellent, but all the writing is top rank.”---School Library Journal (starred review)
“Brilliant sportswriting and a trenchant examination of friendship.”---ALA Booklist (starred review)
“The distinctive voice…is fresh, funny, and engaging. The basketball scenes encapsulate enough action and lingo to arouse even nonbasketball enthusiasts to the ball’s ‘bammata bammata bammata bam’ resonating through the bottoms of their feet.”---Horn Book Magazine
“Jerome is a vibrant, eclectic, endearing narrator—especially when sketching in his rich homelife and his on-court action.”---Kirkus Reviews (pointer review)
“Begs to be read aloud. Jerome Foxworthy is a tour de force black character.”---Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
“Sports action wrapped inside an impressive, thought-provoking story.”---Boston Globe
“Not likely to be forgotten.”---Publishers Weekly
“An excellent novel.”---New York Times
“The story of Bix and Jerome comes with no easy answers, no happy endings. But it’s full of questions worth thinking about.”---Boca Raton News
About the Author/作者介绍： Bruce Brooks was born in Virginia and began writing fiction at age ten. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1972 and from the University Of Iowa Writer’s Workshop in 1980. He has worked as a newspaper reporter, a magazine writer, newsletter editor, movie critic, teacher and lecturer.
Bruce Brooks has twice received the Newbery Honor, first in 1985 for Moves Make the Man, and again in 1992 for What Hearts. He is also the author of Everywhere, Midnight Hour Encores, Asylum for Nightface, Vanishing, and Throwing Smoke. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Bruce Brooks，生於美國維吉尼亞州，從10歲起便開始寫作。畢業於北卡羅納州立大學，曾擔任報社記者、雜誌採訪、電影評論、老師等。兩度獲得美國紐伯瑞銀獎(Newbery Honor)，第一次是在1985年以作品《The Moves Make the Man》獲得，接著在1992年以《What Hearts》二度獲獎。目前居住在紐約。
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