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Best Of The Best Basketball [Library Binding]

Rachel Rutledge (Author)
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September 1, 1998 10 and upWomen of Sports
Discusses the past and future of women's basketball and presents biographies of eight of the sport's most famous players: Cynthia Cooper, Teresa Edwards, Lisa Leslie, Rebecca Lobo, Nikki McCray, Dawn Staley, Kate Starbird, and Sheryl Swoopes.


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Grade 5-7-Rutledge profiles eight stars in each sport. The athletes are all accorded exactly six pages and three full-color photographs; boxed insets contain personal information, career highlights, and a quote. While both titles stress overcoming obstacles on the path to success, Tennis is the livelier of the two. It includes candid discussions of the troubled family relationships that seem to be endemic in big-time tennis. An example of the sometimes pithy style is this description of the mother of 1950s star Maureen Connolly: "[She] became the first in a long and unpleasant line of pathetic, overbearing tennis parents." While students doing more than a cursory report on any of these individuals will require supplementary materials, these attractively packaged and well-written books should find a ready audience among the growing number of youngsters following women's professional sports.
Richard Luzer, Fair Haven Union High School, VT
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

  • Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  • Library Binding: 64 pages
  • Publisher: Millbrook Press (September 1, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 076131301X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0761313014
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.8 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 13.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,599,040 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars A rushed, but interesting book, August 23, 1999
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I liked the people in this book, but there were incorrect facts and many typos. If a little more effort would have been put in this book it would be excellent.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars TERRIBLE!, July 19, 1999
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I am totally in love with gymnastics, but please, don't ell me that Kim Zmeskal was on the '96 Olympic Team. Nor that Vanessa Atler's name is spelt ZVanessa! I love the pictures, I hate the inaccurate info!!!
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Worse than John Tesh's commentary, July 5, 1999
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This book is filled with inaccuracies and inconsistencies. Not only does it state that Kim Zmeskal was a member of the 96 Olympic team, (There is a picture of the team on the opposite page. The author has left out Amanda Borden - the team captian - in her prose [yes prose]) but according to the author, Lilia Podkopaeva is from Romania. Please!!! The book is filled with mushy language that strays from fact. It is hard to trust very much of the text when there are such grave errors right in the first chapter.
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Grab a few basketball fans on their way out of an ABL, WNBA or NCAA game and ask them to tell you something about the history of women's hoops. Read the first page
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Olympic Gold Medalist, Texas Tech, Getting Personal, Columbus Quest, Georgia First-Team, Los Angeles, Locke High School, National Champion, First-Team All-Star, Lady Raiders, Old Dominion, Texas State Champion, University of Southern California
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