Hoops

Title:

Hoops

Author:

Summary:

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. 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. -- Amazon.

General Note:

Includes information on Title IX.

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

215 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm

Genre:

Sports comics.

Historical comics.

Comics (Graphic works)

Graphic novels.

Subject Term:

Basketball -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Sports for girls -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Equality -- Gender -- Comic books, strips, etc.

High school girls -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Sports -- Law and legislation -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Publisher:

Candlewick Press,

Publication Date:

2023

ISBN:

9781536201369

9781536231953

Publication Information:

Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2023.

Call Number:

J TAVARES

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Item Barcode

33607003662510

Collection

New Juvenile Graphic Novels

Call Number

TAVARES

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Summary

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. 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.

Author Notes

Matt Tavares was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1975.

Matt wrote and illustrated his first picture book, Sebastian's Ball, as his senior thesis at Bates College. Three years later, after much revision, Sebastian's Ball became Zachary's Ball, his first published picture book. Since then, Matt has published a number of books.

Matt's books have won several awards, including three Parents' Choice Gold Awards, a Parents' Choice Silver Honor, two Oppenheim Gold Seal Awards, and an International Reading Association Children's Book Award.

Matt lives in Ogunquit, Maine with his wife, Sarah, and their two daughters.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Set in the 1970s after the minting of Title IX, this feminist graphic novel, inspired by Indiana basketball player Judi Warren, follows fictional high schooler Judi Wilson, who dreams of scoring the winning basket during a championship game. But there are no girls' athletics teams at Judi's high school, so she sets aside her court desires to become a cheerleader. When her school starts a girls' basketball team, dubbed the Lady Bears, she's overjoyed to play, but her team faces many challenges, including being required to practice at the elementary school and make their own jerseys. Teammate Lisa points out that the boys' team suffers none of these indignities, and, together with Judi and another teammate, speaks out. The athletic director tells them, "When you can fill the gym, you can share it" with the boys' team. Determined to prove themselves, the girls slowly build a winning streak, setting themselves up for success despite their disadvantages. Set against snowy, ambient Midwestern backgrounds peopled by friendly faced characters portrayed with varying skin tones, Tavares (Dasher) gently relays lessons about equality and activism alongside themes of friendship and fitting in, offering an approachable, motivational entry point into Title IX's effect on sports history. Ages 8--12. (Mar.)

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