Rucker Park Setup
by Paul Volponi
Best friends Mackey and J.R. have waited their whole lives to win the basketball... read more
- Grade
- 4-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Sports
- Cultural Area
- African American
Year Published 2007
Word Count 30,589
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 770L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 114838
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Basketball stories
- Murder
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Juvenile Fiction | Law & Crime
- Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles | City & Town Life
- Conduct of life--Fiction
- Best friends--Fiction
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction
- Conduct of life
- Best friends
- African Americans--Fiction
- Young adult fiction
- African Americans
- Basketball--Fiction
- Friendship--Fiction
- Basketball
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
- Murder--Fiction
- Friendship
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- Choice Texts English 1
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