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9780735270893 Paperback / softback, Trade paperback (US), $14.99 9780735270886 Reflowable, EPUB 9781774881361 Downloadable audio file 9781774881354 Downloadable audio file, $23.99 -
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Wrong Side of the CourtBy (author): H.N. KhanH.N. KhanImprint:
Penguin Teen CanadaISBN:
9780735270879Product Form:
HardcoverHardcoverEnglishAudience:
Young Adult : Age (years) 12, Grade (US) 7Mar 15, 2022$23.99 CAD
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8.56in x 5.81 x 1.06 in | 0.93 lbPage Count:
312 pagesPenguin Random House Canada TeenPenguin Teen CanadaYOUNG ADULT FICTION / Sports & Recreation / BasketballThe Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence - Best Juvenile or YA Crime Book 2023, Short-listed Toronto Book Award 2022, Short-listed White Pine Award 2023, Nominated- Description
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Fifteen-year-old Fawad has big dreams about being the world’s first Pakistani to be drafted into the NBA. A first-generation Pakistani coming-of-age story for fans of David Yoon and Ben Philippe.
Fifteen-year-old Fawad Chaudhry loves two things: basketball and his mother’s potato and ground beef stuffed parathas. Both are round and both help him forget about things like his father, who died two years ago, his mother’s desire to arrange a marriage to his first cousin, Nusrat, back home in Pakistan, and the tiny apartment in Regent Park he shares with his mom and sister. Not to mention his estranged best friend Yousuf, who’s coping with the shooting death of his older brother.
But Fawad has plans: like, asking out Ashley, even though she lives on the other, wealthier side of the tracks, and saving his friend Arif from being beaten into a pulp for being the school flirt, and making the school basketball team and dreaming of being the world’s first Pakistani to be drafted into the NBA. All he has to do now is convince his mother to let him try out for the basketball team. And let him date girls from his school. Not to mention somehow get Omar, the neighborhood bully, to leave him alone…
AUTHENTIC VOICE: H.N. Khan writes authentically about being a teen in Regent Park.
BASKETBALL STRONG THEME: Basketball is hugely popular in the US, and in Canada, too!
STAND-OUT SETTING: While Toronto readers will appreciate the setting of Regent Park, literally across the street from Cabbagetown, the setting is less about the specifics and more about the reality of a less-advantaged neighborhood side by side with an affluent one, and how this can impact one’s sense of self.
DELICIOUS FOOD REFERENCES: Who doesn’t love reading about food?
COMPELLING STORY: Fawad’s journey, against a backdrop of gang violence, will keep readers turning the pages.
STRONG TEACHER AND LIBRARIAN APPEAL: Always on the lookout for diverse voices, as well as books that will interest boys, this book will make an excellent addition to the school classroom and library.Marketing: None
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One of CCBC's Best Books for Kids & Teens (Fall 2022)
". . . Wrong Side of the Court is finely crafted and well paced, it's hard to believe it's [Khan's] literary debut. . . . The writing is crisp and visual, and the story is so well fleshed out." —STARRED REVIEW, Quill & Quire
"An interesting and heartfelt portrait of a teen yearning to beat the odds." —Kirkus Reviews
"I loved the vivid portrayal of Regent park, the nuanced depiction of intergenerational tension, and the rich representation of diversity. And the complex portrayal of male friendships! These young men trash talk and nurture each other as they try to survive their environment with their dreams — and their lives — intact." —Toronto Public Library
