The book Phillip Hoose wrote to honor the powerful Black history of Indiana driven by young people was deemed not appropriate for teens when it was moved —along with other Young Adult Nonfiction —to the adult section of the Hamilton East Public Library. The entire Young Adult section was moved when the library board deemed… Read more »
Read Phillip Hoose’s full editorial in the Indianapolis Star on renaming the Trester Award. “Now, at a moment in our national life when we examine racism more closely than ever, the Trester Award has become our statue of a Confederate general. It should be renamed. . Here’s an idea: How about the Raymond P. Crowe… Read more »
Speedway, Indiana born and raised, author Phillip Hoose has been honored with his home state’s highest literary prize. The Indiana Authors Awards chose to honor Phil for his Indianapolis story, Attucks!: Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team That Awakened a City. With Attucks!, Phillip Hoose shines a spotlight on the Indianapolis school who won the… Read more »
E.J. Bryan of Indianapolis Monthly recently interviewed author Phillip Hoose about his book Attucks!: Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team That Awakened a City. Bryan asked Hoose what he hoped readers took away from the book. “How much kids, young people, and teens contributed to success in the Civil Rights movement. Oscar Robertson was 16… Read more »
Attucks!: Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team that Awakened a City has been chosen by the state of Indiana to represent the state’s literature at the 2019 National Book Festival in DC. Books selected by each state become a part of the Library of Congress Young Readers Center collection. Look for Attucks! in the Great… Read more »
Attucks!: Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team That Awakened a City is proud to have been honored with a Blue Ribbon from the Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books. Discover other great titles on the full list of honorees!
An Excerpt for the Portland Press Herald article by Glenn Jordan, 12/5/18: An intriguing collaboration between the Portland Public Library and Portland High School brought together a local author with roughly 200 ninth-graders Wednesday morning to talk about basketball, race relations and perseverance… . Phil Hoose, who once provided commentary on public access television broadcasts… Read more »
Attucks!: Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team That Awakened a City receives its fourth starred review. “Hoose balances this exposé of basketball’s racist history with thrilling game accounts, character insight, and great sympathy. Oscar Robertson may be the best-known player from this era, but Crispus Attucks’s basketball coach, Ray Crowe, who molded the teams, becomes… Read more »
The Indy Star recently review Attucks!: Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team That Awakened a City saying, “Most Hoosiers already know this story — through books, TV specials, or newspaper stories. But this latest telling — about a black high school basketball team triumphs over racial injustice in 1950s Indianapolis — actually manages to be revelatory…” —Indy Star Read… Read more »
It is hard not to use basketball analogies when speaking of Attucks!: Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team That Awakened a City and the brilliant team the book depicts. With the arrival of the latest review from BCCB, Attucks has scored a third starred review. ★ A powerful, awe-inspiring basketball-driven history.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review… Read more »