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Reverse spin, triple pump, reverse dribble, stutter step with twist to the left, stutter into jumper, blind pass. These are me. The moves make the man. The moves make me.
Jerome foxworthy -- the Jayfox to his friends -- likes to think he can handle anything. He handled growing up without a father. He handled being the first black kid in school. And he sure can handle a basketball.
Then Jerome meets bix Rivers -- mysterious and moody, but a great athlete. So Jerome decides to teach bix his game. He can tell that bix has the talent. All he's got to do is learn the right moves....
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"My book was really amazing becuae it had believeable characters and a dark plot. You really connect with Bix aand you also connect with Jerome as he's trying to understand what Bix's going through. At the end when Bix and Jerome finally see Bix's mother and she doesn't recognize Bix, its a really sad part. The integration really defines Jerome as a character and allows him to meet Bix but it isn't an abrupt way of having them meet like in a lot of books. Over all this is a very good book and I would recommend it to everyone."
— Nick (5 out of 5 stars)
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“Readers will be drawn to [this] story by the brillant sportswriting and by the trenchant examination of a friendship with a boy in trouble.”
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“James’ performance differentiates each character, successfully capturing the rhythm of Southern speech patterns and dialects.”
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“Brook’s fine first novel has a basketball theme and plenty of action but is merely the vehicle of delivering a serious story about friendship.”
— School Library Journal
Awards
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Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
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A 1985 Newbery Honor Book
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A 1984 ALA Best Book for Young Adults
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A 1984 ALA Notable Book for Children
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Winner of the 1985 Boston Globe_Horn Book Award
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A 1984 New York Times Notable Book of the Year
The Moves Make the Man Listener Reviews
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" Great, sad book about boys, friendship, family, and sports. "
— Pksoper, 2/19/2014 -
" I like this book because it tells you about one side. one side of a black student who goes to a all white school. He was scared but that didn't stop him from joining the basketball team "
— Devonti, 2/13/2014 -
" i didnt really like this book. it just wasnt the kind of book that I would normally read. "
— Taylor, 12/19/2013 -
" Really, really good story. Sad. Seems like most of Sonlight's books for this year are. Wish they'd leave out the 's' word... "
— Tammy, 11/22/2013 -
" Fantastic Novel! This can greatly be related to the story of life and the game of basketball. "
— Dalton, 10/23/2013 -
" a story about basketball and baseball! a strange relationship between two innocent boys. a greater message of racial acceptance. this one has it all. "
— Justin, 1/5/2013 -
" we are all expert at the art of deception. and that hurts. "
— Patricia, 12/25/2012 -
" It was alright. Not my favorite YA book, that's for sure, but it was good enough to get through. "
— Mal, 9/22/2012 -
" If I never have to hear about 'mock apple pie' again, it will be too soon. "
— Allison, 9/7/2012 -
" I've read this book like 5 times and it gets better every time. "
— Cedric, 6/16/2012 -
" This book wasn't great. I don't know why I picked it out of the bookshelf out of all the other books. "
— Wilson, 6/15/2012 -
" this book is good because this kid runs away from home and lives on his own "
— Christian, 11/9/2011 -
" Not only does this book talks only about basketball, but also the pain of the only black kid in a white school, and a serious story about friendship. "
— Amy, 6/7/2011 -
" One of my fave's as a kid. "
— Neal, 5/29/2011 -
" This book was a really good book. It taught me a lot about basketball and it taught me a lot about life. This was a very sad but moving book. "
— Cheyenne, 1/14/2011 -
" this book is good because this kid runs away from home and lives on his own "
— Christian, 12/9/2010 -
" This book wasn't great. I don't know why I picked it out of the bookshelf out of all the other books. "
— Wilson, 10/7/2010 -
" this book was very good it show me that if u want to be something in your life u need to work hard and go for it this book i hope others will read it and enjoy it at the same time "
— Jamel, 3/12/2010 -
" One of my fave's as a kid. "
— Neal, 3/9/2010 -
" I like this book because it tells you about one side. one side of a black student who goes to a all white school. He was scared but that didn't stop him from joining the basketball team "
— Devonti, 12/8/2009 -
" Really, really good story. Sad. Seems like most of Sonlight's books for this year are. Wish they'd leave out the 's' word... "
— Tammy, 8/6/2009 -
" This book was a really good book. It taught me a lot about basketball and it taught me a lot about life. This was a very sad but moving book. "
— Cheyenne, 1/27/2009
About Bruce Brooks
Bruce Brooks was born in Virginia and began writing fiction at age ten. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1972 and from the University Of Iowa Writer’s Workshop in 1980. He has worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine writer, newsletter editor, movie critic, teacher, and lecturer. He has twice received the Newbery Honor, first in 1985 for Moves Make the Man, and again in 1992 for What Hearts. He is also the author of Everywhere, Midnight Hour Encores, Asylum for Nightface, Vanishing, and Throwing Smoke. He lives in Brooklyn.
About Peter Francis James
Peter Francis James is an accomplished actor on both the stage and the screen. His theater credits include roles in On Golden Pond, Much Ado about Nothing, and August Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean. His many film and television credits include Jahfree Neema in Oz, Raymond Parks in The Rosa Parks Story, Joe Gould’s Secret, The Guiding Light, Law & Order: SVU, and Third Watch. James’ audiobook narration has won him nine AudioFile Earphones Awards.