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Game Changer: John McLendon And The Secret Game

ISBN-10: 8765685253
ISBN-13: 9798765685259
Author: Coy, John
Illustrated by: Duburke, Randy
Interest Level: 2-5
Publisher: Lerner

Publication Date: October 2025

Copyright: 2015

Page Count: 32

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Interest Level

Grades 2-5

Reading Level

Lexile: NC1170L
Accelerated Reader Level: 5.7
Accelerated Reader Points: 0.5

BISAC Subjects

JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Topics / Prejudice & Racism

JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 20th Century

Description
When they piled into cars and drove through Durham, North Carolina, the members of the Duke University Medical School basketball team only knew that they were going somewhere to play basketball. They didn't know whom they would play against. But when they came face to face with their opponents, they quickly realized this secret game was going to make history. Discover the true story of how in 1944, Coach John McLendon orchestrated a secret game between the best players from a white college and his team from the North Carolina College of Negroes. At a time of widespread segregation and rampant racism, this illegal gathering changed the sport of basketball forever.
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