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	Khan, Hena. POWER FORWARD New York : Salaam Reads, 2018 IL 3-6 ISBN 9781534411982 3 booktalks
Click on the book to read Amazon reviews	Booktalk #1 What do you do when your passion is basketball, but your parents dream is to see you up on the stage, performing on your violin? Zayd lives to play basketball with his friends, and now is the time to double-down on practice time, with the tryouts for the gold basketball team coming up. Unfortunately, his traditional Pakistani parents see his sport as “only a game”, and demand that he spend all his time away from school and homework practicing his violin. What’s a kid to do??? Well, maybe he could tell a fib or two….just for now, until the tryouts? Maybe he could SAY he was going to lessons after school, but actually squeeze in extra game-time? Maybe if his parents SEE how he rocks it on the gold team, they will change their minds? Hmmm…. Read Power Forward for some great basketball play-by-play, and you just might learn something about trying for your dreams and how to really succeed. (New Hampshire Great Stone Face Book Award nominee, 2020) Booktalk #2 Fourth-grader Zayd really loves basketball and hopes to make it to the "gold team" when tryouts come along. But his parents -- especially his well-meaning Mama -- would prefer if he plays violin in advanced orchestra every day instead. Can Zayd convince his parents about his real passion for the game? Zayd's Pakistani-American family members are lovable and quirky, from his health-conscious Mama to his soap opera-loving Naano (grandmother) to his goofy Jamal Mamoo (uncle). With short chapters, smooth-flowing prose, and relatable story elements, this is a quick-paced read sure to please. (New Jersey Garden State Children's Book Award 2021) Booktalk #3 Fourth grader Zayd Saleem has some serious hoop dreams. He’s not just going to be a professional basketball player. He’s going to be a star. A legend. The first Pakistani-American kid to make it to the NBA. He knows it deep in his soul. It’s his destiny. There are only a few small things in his way. His mom and dad don’t get it. They want him to practice his violin way more than his jump shot. When he gets caught blowing off his violin lessons to practice, Zayd’s parents lay down the ultimate punishment: he has to hang up his high tops and isn’t allowed to play basketball anymore. As tryouts for the Gold Team approach, Zayd has to find the courage to stand up for himself and chase his dream. (Sunshine State Young Readers Award Books 2020-2021)
	SUBJECTS: Basketball -- Fiction. Family life -- Fiction. Honesty -- Fiction. Schools -- Fiction.

Khan, Hena.
POWER FORWARD
New York : Salaam Reads, 2018
IL 3-6
ISBN 9781534411982

3 booktalks

Click on the book to read Amazon reviews

Booktalk #1

What do you do when your passion is basketball, but your parents dream is to see you up on the stage, performing on your violin?
Zayd lives to play basketball with his friends, and now is the time to double-down on practice time, with the tryouts for the gold basketball team coming up. Unfortunately, his traditional Pakistani parents see his sport as “only a game”, and demand that he spend all his time away from school and homework practicing his violin.
What’s a kid to do??? Well, maybe he could tell a fib or two….just for now, until the tryouts? Maybe he could SAY he was going to lessons after school, but actually squeeze in extra game-time? Maybe if his parents SEE how he rocks it on the gold team, they will change their minds? Hmmm….

Read Power Forward for some great basketball play-by-play, and you just might learn something about trying for your dreams and how to really succeed. (New Hampshire Great Stone Face Book Award nominee, 2020)

Booktalk #2

Fourth-grader Zayd really loves basketball and hopes to make it to the "gold team" when tryouts come along. But his parents -- especially his well-meaning Mama -- would prefer if he plays violin in advanced orchestra every day instead. Can Zayd convince his parents about his real passion for the game? Zayd's Pakistani-American family members are lovable and quirky, from his health-conscious Mama to his soap opera-loving Naano (grandmother) to his goofy Jamal Mamoo (uncle). With short chapters, smooth-flowing prose, and relatable story elements, this is a quick-paced read sure to please. (New Jersey Garden State Children's Book Award 2021)

Booktalk #3

Fourth grader Zayd Saleem has some serious hoop dreams. He’s not just going to be a professional basketball player. He’s going to be a star. A legend. The first Pakistani-American kid to make it to the NBA. He knows it deep in his soul. It’s his destiny. There are only a few small things in his way. His mom and dad don’t get it. They want him to practice his violin way more than his jump shot. When he gets caught blowing off his violin lessons to practice, Zayd’s parents lay down the ultimate punishment: he has to hang up his high tops and isn’t allowed to play basketball anymore. As tryouts for the Gold Team approach, Zayd has to find the courage to stand up for himself and chase his dream. (Sunshine State Young Readers Award Books 2020-2021)

SUBJECTS:    Basketball -- Fiction.
                        Family life -- Fiction.
                        Honesty -- Fiction.
                        Schools -- Fiction.