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John Coy grew up playing football and basketball, and he worked as a tour guide, dishwasher, and mattress maker before turning to writing full-time. He is the author of numerous award-winning picture books, including
Night Driving,
winner of the Marion Vannett Ridgway Memorial Award for outstanding debut picture book and a
New York Times
Best Illustrated Book of the Year;
Strong to the Hoop,
an ALA Notable Book; and, most recently,
Around the World,
an NBA Read to Achieve selection. His first novel,
Crackback,
was published to great acclaim by Scholastic Press in 2005. John is a member of the NBA Reading All-Star Team and a visiting writer at schools across the country. He lives in Minnesota and loves to travel. Visit John Coy at www.johncoy.com.
Copyright © 2008 by John Coy
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“The Way It Is” copyright © 1998 by the Estate of William Stafford. Reprinted from
The Way It Is: New and Selected Poems
with the permission of Graywolf Press, Saint Paul, Minnesota.
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Box out / John Coy.â1st ed.     p. cm.
Summary: High school sophomore Liam jeopardizes his new position on the varsity basketball team when he decides to take a stand against his coach who is leading prayers before games and enforcing teamwide participation.
ISBN-13: 978-0-439-87032-0
ISBN-10: 0-439-87032-1
[1. BasketballâFiction. 2. Prayer in the public schoolsâFiction. 3. Church and stateâFiction. 4. High schoolsâFiction. 5. SchoolsâFiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.C839455Bo 2008Â Â Â Â Â [Fic]âdc22Â Â Â Â Â 2007045354
First edition, June 2008
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E-ISBN: 978-0-545-22996-8