Hank Watson enjoys helping his basketball team win big games, however, his true passion is cooking. When Hank has an opportunity to meet celebrity chef Brenton Spooner, Hank jumps at the chance, but while practicing a difficult dish to impress his idol, he accidentally burns his hand. The injury affects his performance both on the court and in the kitchen, and despite the setback, Hank is determined to help his team achieve victory in the big game...

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.

Julian Pryce is eager to move from his star benchwarmer position at his new school to play as star center, but he might be the one to blame when the star center winds up in the hospital.

When their two worlds collide in seventh grade, fraternal twins and opposites Owen and Russell find themselves in direct competition at school, on the court, and at home.

In the summer of 1988, twelve-year-old Chuck Bell is sent to stay with his grandparents, where he discovers jazz and basketball and learns more about his family's past.

Twelve-year old Sarah is used to being the star on her basketball team, playing with her best friends, but suddenly she finds that her body is changing and she does not understand why she cannot keep up on the court, plus she does not understand why her mother has gotten so weird about food, binging on candy while forgetting about dinner, and she really does not understand why she told Benny, her crush, about her mother--but when Benny offers to teach...

While trying to prove that he is good enough to be on his high school's varsity basketball team, Nick must also deal with his parents' divorce and the erratic behavior of a troubled classmate who lives across the street.

Hank will need help from his father and friends if he is to help his second grade basketball team beat their arch rivals for the third year in a row.

A series of poems describes all the baffling changes at home and at school in twelve-year-old Joylin's transition from tomboy basketball player to not-quite-girly girl.

"She is the star player on her basketball team, until her sister is injured in a violent crime. Instantly, her game is derailed, and she becomes a second victim. Can she save her scholarship season?"--