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    They better call me Sugar : my journey from the hood to the hardwood / Sugar Rodgers.
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    Brooklyn, New York : Black Sheep, [2021]
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  • Rodgers, Sugar, 1989- -- Juvenile literature.
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  • Women's National Basketball Association -- Juvenile literature.
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  • African American women basketball players -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
  • ISBN: 
    9781617759291 (paperback)
    1617759295 (paperback)
    9781636140131 (hardcover)
    Description: 
    190 pages ; 21 cm
    Contents: 
    Introduction -- Williamstown -- Tomboy -- Second grade -- Golf -- Tiger Woods and California -- My first jail visit -- Football -- Toe-to-toe with a drug dealer -- My first basketball team -- City league basketball -- The bust -- The tournament -- The funeral -- DD bug -- Life at Coach Betty's house -- Aunt Linda -- Boo Williams -- Getting recruited -- Powder puff -- Senior prom -- Georgetown Hoyas -- Scooter -- Freshman year -- Dad -- Senior year -- Preparing for the pros -- Draft day -- Minnesota Lynx -- Living the dream -- Dream big -- Self-talk and positivity.
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    Sugar Rodgers's road to a successful WNBA career was fraught with hardship and tragedy. Left essentially homeless at fourteen, she clung to basketball as a way to keep herself focused and sane. Here Rodgers delivers a powerful message of discipline, perseverance, and self-determination for anyone growing up in economically challenging conditions. -- adapted from back cover
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    Grades 7-9.
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