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Series: Lorimer Sports Stories
Imprint: James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Publication Date: 6 August 2019
Copyright Year: 2019
ISBN: 9781459414594
Page Count: 120
Dimensions: 5" x 7.75"
Interest ages: 10-13
Reading level: Grade 3

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Run and Gun

Name: Run and Gun
SKU: 6503
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by Eric Howling

A young teen uses basketball to find a balance between his school teammates and his friends from a disadvantaged part of town.

Fourteen-year-old Griffin Finch attends school on scholarship and is struggling to stay on the basketball team. Knowing he has to step up his game, Griffin spends the summer playing basketball on a street court for a team called the Running Rebels in the hardscrabble Toronto neighbourhood of Regent Park. Griffin's hoop skills are taken to the next level by playing alongside streetball stars — especially Fly Davis, the best player in the league. But a summer of fast, high-scoring play ends with Griffin running home, frightened by violence in the street.

Griffin makes his school team and persuades Fly to apply for a scholarship to his school. Having Fly on the team inspires Griffin's teammates and helps increase their team's chance of winning. But opposing ideas of how basketball should be played lead to a standoff between Fly and Coach, and Fly quits the team. How can Griffin convince Coach and the rest of his team that they need to play run-and-gun basketball to win? And can he bring together his schoolmates and his friends from Regent Park?

About the Author

ERIC HOWLING is an advertising creative director and the author of nine books, including Head Hunter, Red Zone Rivals, Hoop Magic, Kayak Combat and Drive in the Lorimer Sports Stories series. His books have been shortlisted for the Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award, named Resource Links Year's Best and picked as a CCBC Best Books selection. Eric lives and plays sports in Calgary, Alberta.