Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Big Shot by Jeff Kinney is the sixteenth book in the series and focuses on Greg Heffley’s latest misadventure—navigating the world of sports. When Greg reluctantly joins his middle school’s basketball team, he quickly realizes that he’s not exactly the star athlete. From trying to survive brutal practices to dealing with a series of embarrassing moments on the court, Greg’s journey through the basketball season is filled with both laughs and struggles.
Kevin Durant's Relentless Pursuit to Be the Greatest, written by Marcus Thompson, is the biography of one of the greatest basketball players in NBA history. This book embarks the life of Kevin Durant starting in Seattle with the Sonics to Thunder in OKC to the Warriors in San Francisco and finally to the Brooklyn Nets. The book helps us understand what his struggles were and how he had to work hard to be one of the best. The book describes KD’s upbringing as well as how hard he worked even as small kid.
“The Mamba Mentality: How I Play” is an autobiography by Kobe “The Black Mamba” Bryant, the late NBA legend who is widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time. This book takes us into the mind of Kobe Bryant and shows us how he approached certain situations. As the book goes on, Kobe’s passion and fearlessness was always bright and clear.
She Drives Me Crazy is a funny and addicting young adult novel by Kelly Quindlen. This book is about two lesbians, one who is extremely popular and named Irene, and one who is on the girl’s basketball team named Scottie. They awkwardly get together at first, trying to bring fans to the girl’s basketball game and their scheme gradually turns into a love story.
When Junior announces that he wants to attend the white school off the reservation he is not only ostracized, but tormented by his own people. As he dips one foot into the strange world of white people and keeps the other firmly planted on the reservation he feels torn between the better life he glimpses at his new school and the life he has always known.
