Brenda Slaughter is no damsel in distress. Myron Bolitar is no bodyguard. But Myron has agreed to protect the bright strong, beautiful star. And he's about to find out if he's man enough to unravel the tragic riddle of her life. Twenty years before, Brenda's mother deserted her. And just as Brenda is making it to the top of the women's pro basketball world, her father disappears too. A big time New York sports agent with a foundering love life, Myron...

Sugar Rodgers shares her story of overcoming tremendous adversity to become a WNBA all-star in this memoir for middle grade and teen readers.

Profiles the lives and careers of seven stars of the Women's National Basketball Association, each with statistics and fun facts.

Beth plays on a basketball team. Can she help her team win the game?

A head basketball coach at a small women's Catholic college works to help her team go to the championships.

"Women's basketball has been around for more than 100 years, but only in the past two decades has a pro league grown into prominence. Trace the key events that helped the WNBA bloom into today's national powerhouse. Additional features to enhance the text include a table of contents, a phonetic glossary, an index, an introduction to the author, and sources for further research"--Provided by the publisher.

"From the sports phenomenon - called by ESPN the world's most famous female basketball player - and youth role model comes an inspirational memoir exploring the highs and lows of her life, the bullying she endured, and the assumptions she has redefined, as well as her passion for the game, and empowering readers to be true to themselves and love who they are on the inside and out"--

Traces women's participation in the basketball from the early days of this sport to the recent establishment of professional women's teams and profiles some of the players who have had key roles in advancing this sport.

In Port Sabine, the air is thick with oil, superstition reigns, and dreams hang on making a winning play. All eyes are on Mercy Louis, the star of the championship girls' basketball team. Mercy seems destined for greatness, but the road out of town is riddled with obstacles. There is her grandmother, Evelia, a strict evangelical who has visions of an imminent Rapture and sees herself as the keeper of Mercy's virtue. There are the cryptic letters from...