Attucks!: Oscar Robertson and the Team That Awakened a City

By Phillip Hoose

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Hardcover edition

Publisher Macmillan Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux ISBN

9780374306120

Awards and Honors 2019 Carter G. Woodson Book Award Honor, Secondary Level
ALSC Notable Children's Books - 2019
Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - 2019
MRLS Cream of the Crop - 2019
CCBC Choices 2019 Choice: Historical People, Places, and Events
Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth - 2018
CSMCL Best Books - 2018
Kirkus Best Books, Young Adult - 2018
NYPL Best Books for Teens - 2018
BCCB Blue Ribbons - 2018

Attucks!: Oscar Robertson and the Team That Awakened a City

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Discrimination: Racial Insensitivity/Racism,Discrimination: Reference/Discussion,Language: Strong Language

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The 1955 Crispus Attucks Tigers were from an Indianapolis high school meant to be the centerpiece of racially segregated education in Indiana. They shattered the myth of their own inferiority, winning the state basketball boys' championship. Author's note. Biographical notes on the basketball players mentioned in the book. Sources. Endnotes. Index. Black-and-white photographs and reproductions.

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AR Level 7.5 AR Points 7.0 AR Ready No Canadian Rights Yes Dewey 796.323/62 Title alpha Attucks!: Oscar Robertson and the Team That Awakened a City Category Sports High Pages Count 224 Genre Nonfiction Topics Oscar Robertson (1938– ). History of the Crispus Attucks Tigers (basketball team). US basketball players. Biography. Sports and recreation. Lexile 1110L Trim Size 9" x 6" JLG Span Fall Language English Rights type Print Publication date 2018-10-22 JLG Release Date Feb 2019 Minimum grade 9 Maximum grade 12 Reading level High Format Print

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