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The Superstar Story of the Harlem Globetrotters

This is the second "Ready to Read" book, featuring the basketball team the "Harlem Globetrotters". The first chapter of the book gives a history of the basketball team, telling a similar story as to the first book. The next chapter focuses on how the team helped breakdown the racial and gender barriers, along with a list of the Harlem Globetrotters that are in the "Baketball Hall of Fame". The third chapter describes the lostations and people that the team has meet while traveling around the world. The fourth chapter describes various acchivements that the current teams accomplish, such as number of games thay play each year. The last section of the book is a series of facts such as; History of Basketball, a decription of Antartica, and the popularity of basketball around the world.The book ends with a quiz about the books contents.

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Harlem Globetrotters, Ready to Read books;

* Here Come the Harlem Globetrotters, ISBN: 9781481487450 {Paperback}, ISBN: 9781481487467 {Hardcover} August 29, 2017

* The Superstar Story of the Harlem Globetrotters, {History of Fun} ISBN: 9781481487481 {Paperback} December 12, 2017, ISBN: 9781481487498 {Hardcover} December 12, 2017

* The Harlem Globetrotters Present: The Points Behind Basketball, {Science of Fun Stuff} ISBN: 9781481487511 {Paperback}, ISBN: 9781481487528 {Hardcover}. August 28, 2018

Audience
adult
Length
short · 40 pages

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