Free Throw
- Publisher
- James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1999
- Category
- Basketball
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781550286656
- Publish Date
- Jan 1999
- List Price
- $16.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550286649
- Publish Date
- Jan 1999
- List Price
- $8.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781552776865
- Publish Date
- Feb 2011
- List Price
- $9.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781552776872
- Publish Date
- Jun 2012
- List Price
- $12.99
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 9 to 13
- Grade: 4 to 8
- Reading age: 7 to 10
Description
Matthew Eagletail is the star player for the Warriors, his basketball team on the Tsuu T'ina First Nation near Calgary.
When his mother remarries, everything in Matthew's life is suddenly different and new: a new school, a new father, five pesky new sisters, a new dog named Precious. Worst of all, he has to quit the Warriors. When he's asked to join his new school's team, the Bandits, he claims he'll never play for the competition. His sister Jazz thinks otherwise, and sets out to prove it.
Free Throw is the story of how one young man come to terms with change and returns to the court--with a little help from his friends.
About the author
Award-winning author JACQUELINE GUEST is the author of numerous Lorimer novels, including the Arthur Ellis Award nominee Wild Ride and A Goal in Sight, which was shortlisted for a Golden Eagle Children's Choice Book Award. Many of her novels have also been Canadian Children's Centre Our Choice selections including the SideStreets novel At Risk, and the Sports Stories novels Hat Trick, Free Throw, and Soccer Star. Jacqueline Guest lives in Bragg Creek, Alberta.
www.jacquelineguest.com/index.htm
Awards
- Short-listed, Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature
- Winner, American Indian Youth Literature Award for Best Middle School Book
- Commended, Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice Selection
Editorial Reviews
"The characters are well-drawn and I, for one, would like to meet them again..."
The Guardian
Librarian Reviews
Free Throw
In this Lorimer Sport Stories series book, an Aboriginal boy Matt moves to a new home and school when his widowed mother marries a white man with five daughters. Matt misses his old friends, his Grandparents and playing basketball for the Warriors who were on track to win the league championship. Matt doesn’t feel he can play for his new school’s team because the Bandits are long-time rivals of the Warriors. Life is miserable until Matt meets a like-minded friend online, who, along with one of Matt’s new sisters, encourages him to continue to play basketball. Matt ultimately decides that playing the game he loves is more important than which team he plays for.Originally published in 1999, some references are dated.
Caution: There is no adult supervision of the online interaction in which the friends meet.
Source: The Association of Book Publishers of BC. Canadian Aboriginal Books for Schools. 2012-2013.
