| Description |
161 pages ; 22 cm |
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age Preteens |
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age Children |
| Audience |
010+. Nancy Paulsen Books. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader MG 4.5 3. |
| Summary |
ZJ's friends Ollie, Darry and Daniel help him cope when his father, a beloved professional football player, suffers severe headaches and memory loss that spell the end of his career.-- Provided by Publisher. |
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"National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson's stirring novel-in-verse explores how a family moves forward when their glory days have passed and the cost of professional sports on Black bodies. For as long as ZJ can remember, his dad has been everyone's hero. As a charming, talented pro football star, he's as beloved to the neighborhood kids he plays with as he is to his millions of adoring sports fans. But lately life at ZJ's house is anything but charming. His dad is having trouble remembering things and seems to be angry all the time. ZJ's mom explains it's because of all the head injuries his dad sustained during his career. ZJ can understand that-but it doesn't make the sting any less real when his own father forgets his name. As ZJ contemplates his new reality, he has to figure out how to hold on tight to family traditions and recollections of the glory days, all the while wondering what their past amounts to if his father can't remember it. And most importantly, can those happy feelings ever be reclaimed when they are all so busy aching for the past?" -- Publisher's description |
| Awards |
Coretta Scott King Award, Author, 2021 |
| Subject |
Brain -- Diseases -- Juvenile fiction.
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Brain -- Diseases. |
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Best friends -- Juvenile fiction.
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Best friends. |
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Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
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Friendship. |
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Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction.
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Fathers and sons. |
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Memory -- Juvenile fiction.
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Memory. |
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Football stories.
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Football stories. |
| Genre/Form |
Football stories.
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| Subject |
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
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African Americans. |
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Novels in verse. |
| Genre/Form |
Juvenile works.
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Fiction.
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Novels in verse.
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| Subject |
Friendships. |
| Genre/Form |
Novels.
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Novels.
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| ISBN |
9780399545436 hardcover |
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0399545433 hardcover |
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9781713764830 (FollettBound) |
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1713764830 (FollettBound) |
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9780593324660 paperback |
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9780399545450 electronic book |
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0593324668 paperback |
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