The outside shot

Description

When Lonnie Jackson leaves Harlem for a basketball scholarship to a midwestern college, he know he must keep his head straight and his record clean. That's the only way he'll have a chance of making it to the pros someday.But his street smarts haven't prepared him for the pressures of tough classes, high-stakes college ball, and the temptation to fix games for local gamblers. Everyone plays by a whole new set of rules -- including Sherry, who's determined to be a track star. Her independence attracts Lonnie, but their on-again, off-again relationship is driving him crazy.Lonnie has one year to learn how to make it as a "college man." It's his outside shot at a bright future. Does he have what it takes?From the Paperback edition.

Description

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.

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• Fiction

Other Editions

• The outside shotDelacorte Press1984-01-01
• The outside shotDell1987-01-01
• The Outside ShotHardcoverPeter Smith Publisher1987-01-01
• The Outside ShotPerfection Learning Prebound1987-09-01
• The Outside ShotLibrary BindingTandem Library1999-10-01
• The Outside ShoteBookRandom House Children's Books2008-01-01