Book
The Moves Make the Man
by Bruce Brooks
- Published
- 1984
- Genre
- Fiction
- Words
- 74639
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 5.4
- AR interest level
- UG — upper grades, 9–12
- Lexile
- 1150L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 14–18
Jerome, a gifted Black basketball player in the segregated South, befriends an isolated white boy whose talent on the court is complicated by family turmoil and an obsessive need for honesty.
ISBN
- ISBN-10
- 0060206799
Tags
Award Winners-Boston Globe/Horn Book Award/HonorsAward Winners-Newbery HonorEmotions-Misc./OtherInterpersonal Relationships-FriendshipPeople-Black PeopleSports/Recreation-BaseballSports/Recreation-Basketball