Around the World

By John Coy, Antonio Reonegro, Tom Lynch
Paperback: $12.95

From New York to China to Australia and six other countries, an unrelenting basketball game rages on as kids compete and play for keeps, all determined to sink the winning shot. Presented in graphic, comic book style.

Description

A fantastic journey around the world is about to begin. Starting in downtown New York and traveling to Australia, China, Turkey, Serbia, Nigeria, France, Brazil, Canada, Puerto Rico, and back to New York again, kids play their hearts out in a grueling, winner-take-all, pick-up basketball game. Full court passes in a gym in Shanghai are effortlessly picked off in Istanbul with a turn of the page. Thwack! Readers will challenge themselves to keep pace with these young players while taking in the sights of the Eiffel Tower and other landmarks that frame the action in each city.

John Coy, author of the award-winning Strong to the Hoop, draws once more from his bottomless knowledge of basketball to bring readers the grit, sweat, and realistic “hoop-speak” that passes between players who know and love the game. Packed full of comic book style action and locales from all over the globe.

About the Creators

John Coy

John Coy is the author of several award-winning books for children, including Strong to the Hoop, an ALA Notable Book and Night Driving, named one of the Best Books of 1996 by The New York Times. Around the World was inspired by Coy's lifelong passion for basketball. Mr. Coy teaches writing to children and has developed an innovative class that combines basketball and poetry. He and his family live in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Antonio Reonegro

Antonio Reonegro is the co-owner of HAVOC and Media Design, an art and design company. He received his BFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, and later studied at the Passalacqua School of Art and Design. He lives in Staten Island, New York, with his wife and their two children. This is his first illustrated book for young readers.

Tom Lynch

Tom Lynch is the co-owner of HAVOC and Media Design, an art and design company. He was praised by The New York Times as a "genius in his chosen medium" for the collage illustrations in his first book, Fables from Aesop. Lynch attended Parsons School of Design in New York City and also studied at the Passalacqua School of Art and Design. He lives with his wife and their three children in Staten Island, New York.

Awards

  • Junior Library Guild Selection

    Junior Library Guild

Reviews

  • "Coy and the illustrators give the speed, the physicality and especially the international scope of the game a real slam dunk."

    - Kirkus Reviews
  • "This titles helps fill the need for books about kids from different countries, with particular appeal to fans of comics or basketball or both... The vibrant, comic-style spreads are packed with expressive, elongated players; sound effects; dialogue bubbles; crisp game commentary; and visual details of various cultures. Competitive passion for basketball is universal!"

    - School Library Journal
  • "[Around the World], featuring comic-strip dialogue boxes capturing the young players' telegraphic speech patterns, will hook readers."

    - The Horn Book

Paperback

  • ISBN 9781620142240
  • Price $12.95
  • Publication Date Nov 01, 2005
  • Trim Size 11.5 × 9.5 in
  • Weight 0.375 lbs
  • Page Count 32
  • Word Count 848
  • Hardcover

  • ISBN 9781584302445
  • Price $17.95
  • Publication Date Nov 01, 2005
  • Trim Size N/A
  • Weight 0.4375 lbs
  • Page Count 32
  • Word Count 874
  • Interests

  • Imprint Lee & Low Books
  • Audience Children
  • BISAC Category 1 JUV / Sports & Recreation / Basketball
  • BISAC Category 2 JUV / Sports & Recreation / Games
  • BISAC Category 3 JUV / Travel
  • Themes Collaboration, Cultural Diversity, Fiction, Friendship, Games / Toys, Geography, Multiple Ethnicities Represented, Realistic Fiction, Responsibility, Sports
  • Reading Levels

  • Age Range Ages 8 - 13
  • Grade Range Grades 3 - 8
  • Guided Reading P
  • ATOS Book Level 2.8
  • DRA 38
  • Interest Level Grades 3 - 8
  • Lexile Code GN
  • Lexile Level 500
  • Reading Level Grades 3 - 4
  • SRC 4.4
  • Bebop Reading Fluent
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