Wrong side of the court
(Book)
Author
Published
Toronto : Penguin Teen, [2022].
Format
Book
ISBN
9780735270879, 0735270872
Physical Desc
305 pages ; 22 cm
Lexile measure
HL 690L
Status
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Published
Toronto : Penguin Teen, [2022].
Language
English
ISBN
9780735270879, 0735270872
Lexile code
HL
Lexile measure
690
Notes
Description
"A young teen's world is changed when a friend is killed by gang violence, this novel is a coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of high school, communal violence, and budding romance."--,Provided by publisher.
Description
Fifteen-year-old Fawad Chaudhry loves two things: basketball and his mother's potato and ground-beef stuffed parathas. Both are round and both help him forget about things like his father, who died two years ago, his mother's desire to arrange a marriage to his first cousin, Nusrat, back home in Pakistan, and the tiny apartment in Regent Park he shares with his mom and sister. Not to mention his estranged best friend Yousuf, who's coping with the shooting death of his older brother. But Fawad has plans: like, asking out Ashley, even though she lives on the other, wealthier side of the tracks, and saving his friend Arif from being beaten into a pulp for being the school flirt, and making the school basketball team and dreaming of being the world's first Pakistani to be drafted into the NBA. All he has to do now is convince his mother to let him try out for the basketball team. And let him date girls from his school. Not to mention somehow get Omar, the neighborhood bully, to leave him alone ... --,Provided by publisher.
Target Audience
HL690L,Lexile
Additional Physical Form
Issued also in electronic format.
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Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Chatham Borough-Chatham Township Library - Teen/YA Fiction | YAFIC KHAN | Available |
Chester Library - Teen/YA Fiction | YA FICTION KHAN | Available |
Morris County Library - Teen/YA Fiction | YAFIC KHAN, H. N. | Available |
Morristown-Morris Township Library - Teen/YA Fiction | YAFIC KHA | Available |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Basketball stories.
Bildungsromans -- Juvenile fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Dating (Social customs) -- Juvenile fiction.
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
High schools -- Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and sons -- Juvenile fiction.
Pakistanis -- Juvenile fiction.
School fiction.
Schools -- Juvenile fiction.
Sports fiction.
Bildungsromans -- Juvenile fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Dating (Social customs) -- Juvenile fiction.
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
High schools -- Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and sons -- Juvenile fiction.
Pakistanis -- Juvenile fiction.
School fiction.
Schools -- Juvenile fiction.
Sports fiction.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Khan, H. N. (2022). Wrong side of the court . Penguin Teen.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Khan, H. N.. 2022. Wrong Side of the Court. Penguin Teen.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Khan, H. N.. Wrong Side of the Court Penguin Teen, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Khan, H. N.. Wrong Side of the Court Penguin Teen, 2022.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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