Game Day!: Patty Mills Championship Collection (Patty Hits the Court / Patty and the Shadows / Patty Takes...

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Patty Mills Jared Thomas

Game Day!

Patty Mills Championship Collection (Patty Hits the Court / Patty and the Shadows / Patty Takes...

Patty Mills, Jared Thomas, Nahum Ziersch

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Allen & Unwin
02 November 2021

Children's & Educational; Sporting stories (Children's&YA)

Series: GAME DAY!

Before Patty Mills was a basketball superstar leading the Boomers to win an Olympic bronze medal in Tokyo, he was a little kid with a big dream.

Little Patty is a star on the footy field, an ace at athletics and a ripper at rugby. So when he tries out for basketball, he expects it to be a breeze... He soon discovers he has a lot to learn, on and off the court.

Hit the court with little Patty as he has fun learning the rules, practising his skills, bonding with his teammates, taking pride in his Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, playing his heart out and helping his team rise to every challenge that comes their way.

By: Patty Mills
With: Jared Thomas
Illustrated by: Nahum Ziersch
Imprint: Allen & Unwin
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 128mm,
Weight: 356g
ISBN: 9781742379920
ISBN 10: 1742379923
Series: GAME DAY!
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 02 November 2021
Recommended Age: From 6 to 9 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Patty Mills was born on 11 August 1988 in Canberra, Australia. His father Benny is from the Torres Strait Islands, and his mother Yvonne is an Australian Aboriginal originally from the Kokatha people in South Australia. Patty was born into a family that was surrounded by basketball. His parents founded Shadows Basketball in the early 80's, a local Canberra club created to provide a sense of community, familiarity, and opportunities for Indigenous people through basketball. Today, Patty plays in the NBA and is the only Indigenous Australian to win an NBA Championship (San Antonio Spurs 2013/14 season). He is also a four-time Olympian (Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio de Janeiro 2016, Tokyo 2020) with the Australian Boomers. Dr Jared Thomas is a Nukunu person of the Southern Flinders Ranges, an Arts Development Officer at Arts, South Australia and an Indigenous Literacy Foundation ambassador. Jared's play Flash Red Ford toured Uganda and Kenya in 1999 and his play Love, Land and Money featured during the 2002 Adelaide Fringe Festival. Jared's young adult novel, Sweet Guy, was shortlisted for the 2009 South Australian People's Choice Awards for Literature and his children's book, Dallas Davis: the Scientist and the City Kids is published by the Oxford University Press Yarning Strong series. Jared's writing explores the power of belonging and culture.