Ball Stars 1: The Bench Warmers
  • Published: 30 January 2017
  • ISBN: 9780143781639
  • Imprint: Random House Australia Children's
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 144
  • RRP: $15.99

Ball Stars 1: The Bench Warmers

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A fun-filled junior fiction series written in partnership with Basketball Australia

A fun-filled junior fiction series written in partnership with Basketball Australia

Meet the Bench Warmers – Danny, Crystal, Angie, Omyr, Leanne and Cody. They're the new basketball players at Robdale Primary and according to hot shot Greg 'The Goat' McGriffin, they don't have a chance of winning a lunchtime game. But when the gang are picked as part of the school squad things start to look up.

SWISH!

Can the newbies shake off their name in the upcoming interschool comp, or will it be just another reminder of where they really belong?
  • Published: 30 January 2017
  • ISBN: 9780143781639
  • Imprint: Random House Australia Children's
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 144
  • RRP: $15.99
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About the author

David Lawrence

David Lawrence is a comedy writer/performer who accidentally became a children’s author in 2008. He has written for numerous TV shows including Hamish & Andy, Comedy Inc., and Talkin’ About Your Generation, and is cast member of the ABC3 children’s sketch comedy show, You’re Skitting Me. His books, Anna Flowers and the three part Fox Swift series, have sporting themes and use humour to tackle issues such as bullying and racism in schools. David still hopes to play AFL football and win a Brownlow Medal ... but at age 51, it’s going to be tough.

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Praise for Ball Stars 1: The Bench Warmers

Embedded within the text are useful training tips for young basketballers and positive messages regarding involvement in sport. Designed for mid-Primary and reluctant readers in Upper Primary, the Ball Stars tales will appeal to both girls and boys, depicting cultural diversity and gender equity in a natural and non-didactic manner.

Allison Paterson, Magpies, Volume 32

This is a fabulous story about standing up for others, overcoming fears, making new friends and also realising that there is more to life than sitting in front of a computer screen! It is the first in new series that middle level readers will all enjoy. It has both humour and lessons to be learned.

Sam, Lamont Books

The Bench Warmers is a chapter book with a great story, an array of quirky characters and a lot of humour . . . The book tackles diversity well – the school basketball team is made up of both genders, kids from different backgrounds and physicalities (e.g. Australian, Sudanese, tall, very short) and personality types (confident, very quiet etc.). They have an array of abilities and have to learn to appreciate what each person contributes in order to achieve . . . Sporty kids will love the descriptions of the games, while others will enjoy the story of a group of kids overcoming a self-absorbed, hypocritical adult to make things fairer for everyone.

Rachel le Rossignol, CBCA Reading Time

This new junior fiction series, written by David Lawrence, has been produced in partnership with Basketball Australia. While the linking up with the sporting association means there are plenty of tips and terms for basketball lovers to pick up on, the book is fun and humorous and certainly still suitable for readers who have never shot hoops in their life.

Kellie Byrnes, Just Write For Kids blog

The Bench Warmers is filled with basketball moves, techniques and funny commentary and sportsmanship as the team learn to work together supporting each other's abilities and differences . . . This is a fun, easy to read novel for basketball fans.

Rhyllis Bignell, ReadPlus