Hoops: a Graphic Novel
(a Middle Grade Novel About Perseverance, Gender Equality, and Teamwork for Kids Ages 8-12 in Grades 3-7)
Candlewick Press · Print & ebook · March 14, 2023
As seen on the Today show A work of fiction inspired by a true story, Matt Tavares’s debut graphic novel dramatizes the historic struggle for gender equality in high school sports.
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- Who it’s for
- A full-color graphic novel about girls’ basketball and the struggle for equality in sports.
- Themes
- Gender equality, Perseverance, Teamwork
- Genres
- Basketball Stories, Historical Comics, Girls & Young Women
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As seen on the Today show A work of fiction inspired by a true story, Matt Tavares’s debut graphic novel dramatizes the historic struggle for gender equality in high school sports. It is 1975 in Indiana, and the Wilkins Regional High School girls’ basketball team is in their rookie season. Despite being undefeated, they practice at night in the elementary school and play to empty bleachers.
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Unlike the boys’ team, the Lady Bears have no buses to deliver them to away games and no uniforms, much less a laundry service. They make their own uniforms out of T-shirts and electrical tape. And with help from a committed female coach, they push through to improbable victory after improbable victory. Illustrated in full color, this story about the ongoing battle of women striving for equality in sports rings with honesty, bravery, and heart.
More Than the Game
A full-color graphic novel about girls’ basketball and the struggle for equality in sports.
Come here for
- Basketball teamwork and hard-won victories
- A fictional story inspired by true events
Expect
- Full-color illustrations
- An honest look at unequal treatment in high school sports
Where it sits
| Girls & Young Women | 86% |
|---|---|
| Basketball Stories | 52% |
| Historical Comics | 52% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Historical Comics
- Girls & Young Women
- Basketball Stories
- Authors
- Matt Tavares
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press
- Published
- March 14, 2023
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Gender equality · Perseverance · Teamwork
- Reading lane
- Historical Comics