Game Changer: John McLendon and the Secret Game
By John Coy
Illustrators
Illustrated by Randy DuBurke
Edition
2016 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award Recommended Book
2016 Winner, Notable Books for a Global Society
2016 CCBC Choices–Historical People, Places, and Events
2015 Cybils Awards Nomination, Elementary / Middle Grade Nonfiction
Children’s Book Committee Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Books of 2016, History
By John Coy
Library edition
Publisher Lerner Imprint Carolrhoda ISBN9781467726047
Awards and Honors Booklist Best Picture Books of 20152016 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award Recommended Book
2016 Winner, Notable Books for a Global Society
2016 CCBC Choices–Historical People, Places, and Events
2015 Cybils Awards Nomination, Elementary / Middle Grade Nonfiction
Children’s Book Committee Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Books of 2016, History
Game Changer: John McLendon and the Secret Game
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Durham, North Carolina, 1944: Coach McLendon believed “basketball could change people’s prejudices.” So, in a secret game, members of the Duke University Medical School’s team played the North Carolina College of Negroes. Author’s note. Time line. Selected bibliography. Full-color illustrations.
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