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A Level Playing Field
Rachel Wise
language (Simon Spotlight, Sept. 25, 2012)A middle-school star reporter has a tough time taking a stance on a story when her cowriter is also her crush.Samantha really enjoys writing for her school newspaper, particularly when she’s assigned to write with Michael Lawrence, who happens to also be her crush. She’s thrilled to work with him—but less thrilled to realize they disagree on how the article should be written. The topic is whether students should pay for extracurricular activities, such as sports, and Samantha thinks it’s a good idea. After all, baseball isn’t as important as math or language arts, she argues. But try telling that to the star pitcher on the school’s baseball team! Maybe Samantha’s headline should be Trouble in the Newsroom!All’s not fair in love and journalism in this newsworthy addition to a tween-savvy series.
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A Level Playing Field
Rachel Wise
Paperback (Simon Spotlight, Sept. 25, 2012)A middle-school star reporter has a tough time taking a stance on a story when her cowriter is also her crush.Samantha really enjoys writing for her school newspaper, particularly when she’s assigned to write with Michael Lawrence, who happens to also be her crush. She’s thrilled to work with him—but less thrilled to realize they disagree on how the article should be written. The topic is whether students should pay for extracurricular activities, such as sports, and Samantha thinks it’s a good idea. After all, baseball isn’t as important as math or language arts, she argues. But try telling that to the star pitcher on the school’s baseball team! Maybe Samantha’s headline should be Trouble in the Newsroom!All’s not fair in love and journalism in this newsworthy addition to a tween-savvy series.
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A Level Playing Field
Gerald Lyn Early
eBook (Harvard University Press, Aug. 15, 2011)The noted cultural critic Gerald Early explores the intersection of race and sports, and our deeper, often contradictory attitudes toward the athletes we glorify. What desires and anxieties are encoded in our worship of (or disdain for) high-performance athletes? What other, invisible contests unfold when we watch a sporting event?
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A Level Playing Field
Rachel Wise
Hardcover (Simon Spotlight, Sept. 25, 2012)A middle-school star reporter has a tough time taking a stance on a story when her cowriter is also her crush.Samantha really enjoys writing for her school newspaper, particularly when she’s assigned to write with Michael Lawrence, who happens to also be her crush. She’s thrilled to work with him—but less thrilled to realize they disagree on how the article should be written. The topic is whether students should pay for extracurricular activities, such as sports, and Samantha thinks it’s a good idea. After all, baseball isn’t as important as math or language arts, she argues. But try telling that to the star pitcher on the school’s baseball team! Maybe Samantha’s headline should be Trouble in the Newsroom!All’s not fair in love and journalism in this newsworthy addition to a tween-savvy series.
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A Level Playing Field
Rachel Wise
Library Binding (Turtleback, Sept. 25, 2012)FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Thrilled when she is assigned to work with her crush, Michael, for a school newspaper article about whether or not students should pay for extracurricular activities, Samantha becomes increasingly dismayed by how many things Michael and she view differently.
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A Level Playing Field: Sports and Race
Evaleen Hu
Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, June 1, 1995)Looks at the history of minorities in sports, discusses racial discrimination in college and professional sports, and considers endorsement contracts, minority coaches, racial stereotypes, and sports broadcasting
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A Level Playing Field
Rachel Wise
Paperback (Simon Spotlight, Sept. 25, 2012)None
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A Level Playing Field
Rachel Wise
Hardcover (Simon Spotlight, July 6, 2012)A middle-school star reporter has a tough time taking a stance on a story when her cowriter is also her crush. Samantha really enjoys writing for her school newspaper, particularly when she's assigned to write with Michael Lawrence, who happens to also be her crush. She's thrilled to work with him--but less thrilled to realize they disagree on how the article should be written. The topic is whether students should pay for extracurricular activities, such as sports, and Samantha thinks it's a good idea. After all, baseball isn't as important as math or language arts, she argues. But try telling that to the star pitcher on the school's baseball team! Maybe Samantha's headline should be "Trouble in the Newsroom"!All's not fair in love and journalism in this newsworthy addition to a tween-savvy series.