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Gr 3–6—Two friends on an urban basketball court begin a game of H.O.R.S.E. For the uninitiated, Myers does a fine job describing how to play the game, which is similar to Ghost: one player shoots any kind of shot (layup, jumper, etc.) and the other player has to duplicate it. If the second player fails to make the shot, he gets one letter and the game contin...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

When two boys with big imaginations and lots of bravado meet on the basketball court and agree to play a game of H.O.R.S.E. (where players take turns making the same trick shots), the game quickly gets out of hand -- literally, as it turns into wordplay. The boys alternate describing the wildly impossible shots they'll take -- from the tops of buildings, after circumnavigating the globe, and from outer space. Each imagined shot builds on the last, upping the ante in wh...Log In or Sign Up to Read More