STREETBALL CREW: STEALING THE GAME
Book ID/图书代码： 06540514B68309
English Summary/英文概要： KEYNOTE: This companion to Sasquatch in the Paint combines sports action and suspense in a story about what happens when a boy’s role model starts “breaking bad.”
SELLING POINTS:
FOLLOW-UP TO A WELL-REVIEWED, THOUGHTFUL, AND ENTERTAINING FIRST BOOK
LOOSELY BASED ON KAREEM’S EXPERIENCE When he was a young player, one of the neighborhood toughs would drive him and some other players to play against other teams and gamble on the outcome.
ABOUT RESISTING PRESSURE—even when it happens at home—and doing the right thing
COMBINES BASKETBALL ACTION AND INTRIGUE
CATALOG COPY DESCRIPTION:
Chris Richards has always looked up to Jax, his older brother and his parents’ “golden child.” Lately, though, Jax has been full of surprises. First he dropped out of law school; then he started hanging out with some shifty-looking friends. One day Jax asks Chris to recruit his best middle school teammates for a pick-up basketball game in the park. Chris doesn’t think much of it until the wrong team wins and Jax goes ballistic. It turns out that
Jax bet on the game, hoping to earn enough money to repay a debt to someone who doesn’t forgive easily. While Chris tries to walk a thin tightrope between helping his brother and staying out of trouble, his friend Theo does some behind-the-scenes detective work to learn what Jax has been up to. The day Chris is roped into a police investigation is the day he realizes he made the wrong play.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 主题：本书是贾巴尔的“Sasquatch in the Paint ”一书的续篇，全书将运动行为与悬念结合在了一个故事作品中，讲述了当一名男孩的模仿对象开始“变坏”时究竟会发生些什么。
卖点：
大受好评且极具娱乐性的首部作品的续篇
全书基本为基于卡里姆的亲身职业经历而创作：当卡里姆还是一名年轻的小选手时，街区里的小混混就会强迫他与其他几名选手与另一只队伍进行比赛决斗，并就比赛的结果进行赌博。
有关于抗压---即便是在家中之时，也要选择做正确的事情。
将篮球运动与战术相结合
目录描述：
克里斯•理查德斯总是很崇拜杰克斯，他不仅是他的兄长，同时也是父母们“最棒的孩子”。然而最近，杰克斯却不时带给大家各种惊吓。首先，他从法学院退学；随后，他开始和一些看上去贼眉鼠眼的朋友们四处鬼混。一日，杰克斯甚至让克里斯召集他高中校队的队友们来参加一场在公园里举行的一场篮球赛。起初，克里斯并未就此多做他想，直到不该赢得比赛的队伍赢得了比赛，而杰克斯怒火冲天。原来杰克斯在这场比赛上进行了赌博，他原本打算通过赢取足够的钱去还清一场债务，因为债主本人并不轻易原谅他人。当克里斯打算冒险帮助自己的兄长并努力远离可能发生的麻烦时， 他的朋友西奥却暗地里做了调查，他想要知道杰克斯究竟有何目的。然而直到克里斯被拷进了警局进行审问，他才意识到自己犯下了重大失误。(DC)
Awards/获奖情况：
About the Author/作者介绍： 卡里姆•阿卜杜尔•贾巴尔1969-1975年间效力于密尔沃基雄鹿队，1975-1989年间则效力于洛杉矶湖人队，他曾帮助他的队伍赢得了6场NBA冠军赛的胜利。一直以来，他都是NBA场上的领先得分王，并获得了38387分的总得分。此外，他还保持着最多投篮次数的最高纪录(15837次)，以及上场时间最长的记录（57446分钟）。阿卜杜尔•贾巴尔为这项运动所创的“天钩”被认为是篮球史上最经典、最一击致命并且最具有攻击性的动作招式。1995年时，他入选美国篮球名人堂。退役后，阿卜杜尔•贾巴尔等做过演员、篮球教练，并当过作家，其主要关注历史。其此前的书籍作品包括有 Giant Steps, Kareem, Black Profiles in Courage, A Season on the Reservation, Brothers in Arms,以及 On the Shoulders of Giants: My Journey through the Harlem Renaissance，他还创作有有关于发明家主题的儿童非小说书籍作品《我的世界是什么颜色的？》（What Color Is My World?）该书荣获全国有色人种协会（NAACP）最佳儿童图书作品奖。2012年，贾巴尔被选为美国文化大使。
雷蒙德•奥布斯特菲尔德是一名小说家，荧屏作家，同时也是一名非小说类作品作家。他的第二部小说作品《余热》（Dead Heat）曾获得埃德加奖提名；此外，他还著有一部获奖青年小说作品，《扑克人与盗贼》（Joker and the Thief）。奥布斯特菲尔德曾与阿卜杜尔•贾巴尔合著有此前的一部作品，有关于运动的回忆录作品《站在巨人的肩膀之上》（On the Shoulders of Giants: My Journey through the Harlem Renaissance），亦有非小说类插图书作《我的世界是什么颜色的？》。（What Color Is My World?）。奥布斯特菲尔德现于橘郡海岸学院担任副教授并教授创造性写作课程。
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played basketball for the Milwaukee Bucks (1969-1975) and for the Los Angeles Lakers (1975-1989), helping his teams win six NBA Championships. He is the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, with 38,387 points. He also holds the records for the most field goals (15,837) and the most minutes played (57,446). Abdul-Jabbar gave the
game the skyhook, considered basketball’s most classic, and lethal, offensive move. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1995. Since retiring, Abdul-Jabbar has been an actor, basketball coach, and an author, focusing on history. His previous titles include Giant Steps, Kareem, Black Profiles in Courage, A Season on the Reservation, Brothers in Arms, and On the Shoulders of Giants: My Journey through the Harlem
Renaissance, and the children’s non-fiction book about inventors, What Color Is My World?, won the NAACP award for Best Children’s Book. In 2012 he was selected as a U.S. Cultural Ambassador.
Raymond Obstfeld is a novelist, screenwriter, and nonfiction writer. His second novel, Dead Heat, was nominated for an Edgar Award; he also wrote an award-winning YA
novel entitled Joker and the Thief. Obstfeld has previously collaborated with Abdul-Jabbar on the sports memoir On the Shoulders of Giants: My Journey through the Harlem
Renaissance, and the nonfiction picture book What Color Is My World?. Obstfeld currently teaches creative writing at Orange Coast College as an associate professor.
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