Rebound
Readers rate it 3.9 (15 on Hardcover)
414 pages · Released 2018 · Houghton Mifflin Company
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Rebound is a well-regarded novel in verse that explores family, identity, and growing up through basketball and music in 1988 Washington, D.C. The story touches on some heavier family themes including parental absence and grief, but handles them with maturity and care appropriate for middle-grade readers. The book offers strong positive messages about resilience, connection, and self-discovery, with genuine role models in Chuck's grandparents and mentors. It combines sports, history, and emotional depth in an accessible format.
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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. 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.
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- Basketball
- Families
- JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Multigenerational
- JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / 20th Century
- Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / African American
- JUVENILE FICTION / Sports & Recreation / General
- African Americans
- JUVENILE FICTION / Boys & Men
- Novels in verse
- History
- Basketball stories
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ISBN 9780544868137 · Houghton Mifflin Company