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Fast Break
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication Year
2016
ISBN
9781101997833
Pages
288 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Since his mother's death, Jayson, twelve, has focused on basketball and surviving but he is found out and placed with an affluent foster family of a different race, and must learn to accept many changes, including facing his former teammates in a championship game.
Grade Level
3-5; 6-8
Lexile Measure
840L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Family member death; Poverty; Foster care; death of parent; death of a mother; loss; living in poverty; starvation; foster parents; foster child
Main Character
male child
Race/Ethnicities
Black (African American) / White
Family Formation
foster mother and father
Keywords
basketball; anger; orphan; sneakers; stealing; social worker; race relations; friendships
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Lupica, Mike, "Fast Break" (2016). Diverse Families. 1992.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1992