TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tavares,Matt
TI  - Hoops
SN  - 9781536201369
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Somerville, Massachusetts
PB  - Candlewick Press
KW  - Basketball for girls
KW  - Comic books, strips, etc
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Equality
KW  - Gender
KW  - Basketball
KW  - Coaching
KW  - High school girls
KW  - Sports
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - Basketball coaches
KW  - School sports
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Graphic novels
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Comics (Graphic works)
KW  - Sports comics
KW  - Historical comics
N1  - Includes information on Title IX
N2  - "A work of fiction inspired by a true story, Matt Tavares's debut graphic novel dramatizes the historic struggle for gender equality in high school sports. It is 1975 in Indiana, and the Wilkins Regional High School girls' basketball team is in their rookie season. Despite being undefeated, they practice at night in the elementary school and play to empty bleachers. Unlike the boys' team, the Lady Bears have no buses to deliver them to away games and no uniforms, much less a laundry service. They make their own uniforms out of T-shirts and electrical tape. And with help from a committed female coach, they push through to improbable victory after improbable victory. Illustrated in full color, this story about the ongoing battle of women striving for equality in sports rings with honesty, bravery, and heart." --
ER  -