A very special edition of "48 Minutes" from Bleav features basketball author Amar Shah (Amar Shah 🏀 - preorder "Wish I Was A Baller") whose amazing journey in the world of the NBA and the media is a great listen. His new book "I Wish I Was a Baller" was just published. Your teenage hoop fan will love

Follow the real-life experiences of Emmy-winning writer and producer Amar Shah 🏀 - preorder "Wish I Was A Baller" in his new graphic novel, Wish I Was a Baller, a retelling of his life as a fourteen-year-old sports journalist covering the golden era of the NBA.

Graphic novel memoir by real-life journalist Amar Shah 🏀 - preorder "Wish I Was A Baller" looks at the year in his life that turned his ❤️ of basketball into a career following the sport. MCs are high school but with zero profanity, sexual content or violence will be a hit w/a wide range of ages. Scholastic

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Bonnie Grover -🏀You will love this graphic novel memoir! Had to book talk it today! Students are going to have this one checked out of the library constantly! Hope it is at our book fair! Enjoy!! #bookposse Amar Shah 🏀 - preorder "Wish I Was A Baller" Rashad Doucet Scholastic

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In 2002, I would spend all my time at my local Barnes & Noble store in Orlando, hoping that would day I'd see my book on the shelves. Now, I got a chance to celebrate that all four of my books are there. Thank you Rashad Doucet and Jerry Craft for joining. #bookposse

2002: Struggling college student dreams of writing book while spending hours at local Barnes & Noble. 2025: Struggling college kid now has four books in print with Scholastic and Graphix Books 💥 and full display at same Barnes & Noble.

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Who doesn’t like b-ball and a good story? Amar Shah wants to be in the big game. But 1st he has to survive high school, friends & an unattainable crush. A graphic memoir that proves sometimes you have to leap towards your dreams. #bookposse Amar Shah 🏀 - preorder "Wish I Was A Baller" Rashad Doucet Scholastic

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Our library can always use more sports books and this one is sure to be a slam dunk. I enjoyed reading Amar Shah’s graphic memoir. It is an inspiring story of friendship, family, and the hit and misses of being a kid. Amar Shah 🏀 - preorder "Wish I Was A Baller" Rashad Doucet Scholastic #bookposse

Amar Shah 🏀 - preorder "Wish I Was A Baller" Rashad Doucet Scholastic #bookposse I love memoirs and put that in a GN is perfect for kids. And to see the dedicated and perseveres Amar shown to get where he wants. Adding that it is ok to make mistakes , you can still get there. Kids will love this!🏀 📝

If you run a #MGLit library, you NEED Amar Shah 🏀 - preorder "Wish I Was A Baller" @scholatic TIME TO WIN series! Three books is perfect! These circulate all the time! Make sure you get WISH I WAS A BALLER, too! 👍📚

SWISH! 🏀 I can’t wait to share this fantastic graphic novel memoir with you Jennifer Halbur 🤓📚💜 I know you are going to love it! Amar Shah 🏀 - preorder "Wish I Was A Baller" Rashad Doucet Scholastic #bookposse

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