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The Moves Make the Man (rpkg) (HarperClassics)
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780064405645
ISBN: 0064405648
Label: HarperTrophy
Manufacturer: HarperTrophy
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: January 31, 1996
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Reading Level: Young Adult
Release Date: December 15, 1995
Studio: HarperTrophy
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Editorial Review:
Reverse spin, triple pump, reverse dribble, stutter step with twist to the left, stutter into jumper, blind pass. These are me. The moves make the man.The moves make me. Jerome foxworthy -- the Jayfox to his friends -- likes to think he can handle anything. He handled growing up without a father. He handled being the first black kid in school. And he sure can handle a basketball.
Then Jerome meets bix Rivers -- mysterious and moody, but a great athlete. So Jerome decides to teach bix his game. He can tell that bix has the talent. All he's got to do is learn the right moves....
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - one of my all time favorites
Children are taught that they should tell the truth, no matter what. But is that how things really are? There's truth, and there's diplomacy. How much of truth is in diplomacy, and vice versa? What if a child isn't taught diplomacy? Does that make his world black and white?
That seems to be the case for Bix Rivers, since he went from complete honesty to complete dishonesty after realizing that complete honesty doesn't always work. He doesn't understand that sometimes you have ... Read More
Rating:  - Teens Bond over Sports
The first thing this book has going for it is its narrator. Jerome is bright and witty. He is a black kid in junior high school who lives with his mother and two brothers. We learn that Jerome has some tough things in his life. First of all, he has no father; his father died so long ago, Jerome doesn't even remember him. Second, Jerome is so smart he is in a bunch of accelerated classes that set him aside from his friends. Third of all, this year the all-white high school has decided to start ... Read More
Rating:  - Compare and contrast
I was very surprised that a lot of peole thought that this book was bad.I thought that the book was gripping but I guess that is just my oppinion. Even though the book had absolutley nothing to do with basketball I still thought it was a pretty good book. But not as good as 5 stars
Rating:  - The Moves Make The Man
I really enjoyed reading the Moves Make the Man.The book is about two kids Jerome and Bix. Bix likes to play baseball and Jerome likes to play basketball. They become really good friends. Bix's mom is in a mental hospital and Bix wants to see her but his dad won't let him.Then Bix asks his dad to play him in a basketball game and says if he wins he could see his mom so Jerome teaches Bix all he knows and Bix becomes good at basketball. Read the book to find out if Bix beats his dad and is able to see ... Read More
Rating: - I don't like sports books but this is amazing
This is an awesome book for anyone. Pick up the book and you won't put it down. This is a journey of friends, sports, and all the other stuff that goes on in a 7th graders life. However this is different. This is a story of a boy who runs away because his father is a couch potato and his mother drinks. I recomend this book to all and I mean all ages over 9
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