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The basketball game : a graphic novel / written by Hart Snider ; art by Sean Covernton.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: National Film Board of Canada collectionPublisher: Buffalo, New York ; Richmond Hill, Ontario : Firefly Books, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Description: 86 pages : chiefly illustrations (black and white, and color), map (color) ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
  • cartographic image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780228103912
  • 0228103916
Uniform titles:
  • Adaptation of (work) Basketball game (Motion picture)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "Nine-year-old Hart is attending Jewish summer camp for the first time. As if that isn't awkward enough, this summer the camp is going to play host to some very particular visitors, though the kids at camp don't know that yet. What everyone else knows is that in a nearby small town named Eckville a teacher by the name of Jim Keegstra was fired for spreading anti-Semitic views in his classroom, where he told his students that the Holocaust was a hoax and that Jews are trying to control the world. To make matters worse, he's also the nearby town's mayor. To help combat Keegstra's teachings, leaders and parents from both Eckville and the Jewish community decide that the best path forward is to invite the children taught by Keegstra to the summer camp for a day of fun and fellowship. What transpires in this comic-memoir by filmmaker Hart Snider is a basketball game for all-time. Adapted from the NFB's short animation of the same name, The Basketball Game is a poignant tale of the power of communion and community as a means to rise above hatred and bigotry. In the end, as is recognized by the kids playing the basketball game, we're all in this together."-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
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Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's Graphic Novel BASKETBA GAME Available 33111011027444
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Graphic Novel BASKETBA GAME Available 33111010935951
Children's Book Children's Book Northport Library Children's Graphic Novel BASKETBA GAME Available 33111009457231
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Warning: This book, which is based on a true story, has depictions of anti-Semitism and contains racial stereotypes and hateful language. It is intended for an audience of 12 years and older.

Healing wounds and changing worldviews, all though a simple game of basketball.

Nine-year-old Hart is attending Jewish summer camp for the first time. As if that isn't awkward enough, this summer the camp is going to play host to some very particular visitors, though the kids at camp don't know that yet.

What everyone else knows is that in a nearby small town called Eckville, a teacher by the name of Jim Keegstra was fired for spreading anti-Semitic views in his classroom, where he told his students that the Holocaust was a hoax. To make matters worse, he's also the nearby town's mayor.

To help combat Keegstra's lies the Eckville and Jewish communities decide that the best path forward is to invite the students taught by Keegstra to the summer camp for a day of fun and fellowship.

What transpires in this graphic memoir by filmmaker Hart Snider is a basketball game for all-time.

Adapted from the NFB's short animation of the same name, The Basketball Game is a poignant tale of the power of community as a means to rise above hatred and bigotry. In the end, as is recognized by the kids playing the basketball game, we're all in this together.

Adapted from the animated short film The basketball game (2011, National Film Board of Canada).

"Nine-year-old Hart is attending Jewish summer camp for the first time. As if that isn't awkward enough, this summer the camp is going to play host to some very particular visitors, though the kids at camp don't know that yet. What everyone else knows is that in a nearby small town named Eckville a teacher by the name of Jim Keegstra was fired for spreading anti-Semitic views in his classroom, where he told his students that the Holocaust was a hoax and that Jews are trying to control the world. To make matters worse, he's also the nearby town's mayor. To help combat Keegstra's teachings, leaders and parents from both Eckville and the Jewish community decide that the best path forward is to invite the children taught by Keegstra to the summer camp for a day of fun and fellowship. What transpires in this comic-memoir by filmmaker Hart Snider is a basketball game for all-time. Adapted from the NFB's short animation of the same name, The Basketball Game is a poignant tale of the power of communion and community as a means to rise above hatred and bigotry. In the end, as is recognized by the kids playing the basketball game, we're all in this together."-- Provided by publisher.

Ages 12-18. Firefly Books.

Grades 7-12. Firefly Books.

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