Pick-up game a full day of full court /

A series of short stories by such authors as Walter Dean Myers, Rita Williams-Garcia, and Joseph Bruchac, interspersed with poems and photographs, provides different perspectives on a game of streetball played one steamy July day at the West 4th Street court in New York City known as The Cage.

Other Authors: Aronson, Marc., Smith, Charles R., Jr., 1969-
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2011.
Physical Description: 170 pages : photographs ; 22 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Step into the arena /
  • Charles R. Smith, Jr.
  • Cage run /
  • Walter Dean Myers
  • Next /
  • Charles R. Smith, Jr.
  • Laws of motion /
  • Bruce Brooks
  • My boys /
  • Charles R. Smith, Jr.
  • Mira mira /
  • Willie Perdomo
  • Wild cats /
  • Charles R. Smith, Jr.
  • Virgins are lucky /
  • Sharon G. Flake
  • El profesor /
  • Charles R. Smith, Jr.
  • Practice don't make perfect /
  • Robert Burleigh
  • Fire inside /
  • Charles R. Smith, Jr.
  • He's gotta have it /
  • Rita Williams-Garcia
  • Back in the day /
  • Charles R. Smith, Jr.
  • Head game /
  • Joseph Bruchac
  • 24/7 /
  • Charles R. Smith, Jr.
  • Just Shane /
  • Adam Rapp
  • Represent /
  • Charles R. Smith, Jr.
  • Shoot /
  • Robert Lipsyte
  • Afterword /
  • Marc Aronson.