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The Outside Shot
by Walter Dean Myers
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High school senior Lonnie Jackson sees his basketball scholarship as a golden opportunity to escape his poor neighborhood in Harlem. But college turns out to be much more difficult than he anticipates. The classes are tough, and the pressure of playing high-stakes basketball is compounded by a local gambler who wants Lonnie to fix games for him. When Lonnie meets Sherry Jewett, a determined, independent college track star, he is inspired to dig deep inside himself for the inner strength to do the right thing.
Available editions of The Outside Shot
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9780440967842,
Paperback,
Laurel Leaf,
1987
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9780385293532,
Book,
Delacorte Press,
1984
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9780844666747,
Hardcover,
Peter Smith Pub Inc,
1987
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9780808586050,
Prebinding,
Bt Bound,
1999
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Publisher Notes
A basketball scholarship to a Midwestern college gets Lonnie Jackson out of Harlem and into a situation--tough classes, high stakes basketball, and the temptation to fix games for local gamblers--for which he is little prepared.
Synopses
Recruited by a small midwestern college to play basketball, a Harlem boy has many new experiences, including working with a child who needs physical therapy and dealing with corruption in college sports.
First Line
"Hey Lonnie, what you doing round here? Though you was supposed to be going off to some college?" Sister Boone, from the church my mother went to, was fanning herself as she sat on a wooden chair in front of one of the brownstones down the block from where I lived.
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