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The Winning Basket, by Duane Yarnell, chapters 1, 2, and 3

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Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. When I was growing up, I would often go down the basement where my dad had set up bookshelves that he made into a library. I would scan the shelves, searching for something interesting to read. Over the years, I read many, many of those books, some of them several times. Two books I remember that were always shelved right next to each other came from my dad’s childhood collection. One of them was about hockey, and the second was The Winning Basket, by Duane Yarnell. I think I only read the hockey book once, but the story of Ben Mason in The Winning Basket was so exciting and engaging that I read it again and again. I hope you’ll enjoy it as well.

Ben Mason is an orphan who, after his parents died in a flood, ran away from an orphanage and was taken in by a kindly older couple who gave him a home filled with love and support. Now Ben is seventeen, and he has applied to and been accepted at the prestigious Clearview Military Academy! On his train ride to Clearview, he happens to meet Rod King, the captain of the school’s basketball team, who invites Ben to try out for a spot on the team. After a rather lonely childhood, maybe Ben has found a place to fit in and find some real friends!

Now, sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.

Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life!
Let me know what you think! Please send an email to me at kluker@marshallpl.org. I'd love to hear from you!

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Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. When I was growing up, I would often go down the basement where my dad had set up bookshelves that he made into a library. I would scan the shelves, searching for something interesting to read. Over the years, I read many, many of those books, some of them several times. Two books I remember that were always shelved right next to each other came from my dad’s childhood collection. One of them was about hockey, and the second was The Winning Basket, by Duane Yarnell. I think I only read the hockey book once, but the story of Ben Mason in The Winning Basket was so exciting and engaging that I read it again and again. I hope you’ll enjoy it as well.

Ben Mason is an orphan who, after his parents died in a flood, ran away from an orphanage and was taken in by a kindly older couple who gave him a home filled with love and support. Now Ben is seventeen, and he has applied to and been accepted at the prestigious Clearview Military Academy! On his train ride to Clearview, he happens to meet Rod King, the captain of the school’s basketball team, who invites Ben to try out for a spot on the team. After a rather lonely childhood, maybe Ben has found a place to fit in and find some real friends!

Now, sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.

Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life!
Let me know what you think! Please send an email to me at kluker@marshallpl.org. I'd love to hear from you!

  continue reading

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