HOOPS

HOOPS by Matt Tavares

You may recognize the name, Matt Tavares, if you are familiar with the fantastic, Christmas picture books Red and Lulu or Dasher. Tavares is back with another great story! This time it is set in Indiana and is based on the real 1976 Warsaw High School girls' basketball team.

At Wilkins High everyone in the community is familiar with the boys basketball team, but very few people know about the girls' team. It probably wouldn't be fair to that team to consider them an afterthought. It would be more realistic to say they weren't a thought at all in the school and community's minds. In 1976, it was time to start the wheels rolling to bring about change. What that team accomplished in the course of the school year is actually almost unbelievable, but it's recorded in history, and you'll have to read the book to hear it!

Hoops is a super fun read that will help you believe that needed change is possible, and great things can come from the least expected of places!

HEADS UP- Oh my G** is used a handful of times in the book.