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Slam
Dunk
by Kate Jaimet
Orca Book Publishers, 2009.
ISBN 9781554691326 pbk.
Sixteen-year-old Salvador "Slam" Amaro thinks
being the assistant coach of the Brookfield High School
girls' basketball team will be an easy gig. Show up,
run a few drills, and pad his resumé so he can
win a spot on the Ontario Provincial Under-17 team.
But Slam's job suddenly gets a lot harder when the girls'
coach and her daughter, the star point-guard, vanish
after being threatened. Getting to the bottom of their
disappearance puts Slam in confrontation with a mysterious
stalker. But that’s not his only problem. With
the girls facing playoff elimination, Slam has to come
up with new coaching strategies while he battles some
tough competitors for a place on the Ontario squad.
The Junior Library Guild chose Slam Dunk as
a spring pick in 2009, saying, “Kate Jaimet deftly
mixes sports and mystery in this appealing and quick
read.”
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