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Who Got Game? Basketball

by Derrick Barnes · Grades 6–8 · Middle Grade Nonfiction

Who Got Game? Basketball by Derrick Barnes is on US reading lists at grades 6–8. It appears on 1 list: the Mississippi Magnolia Book Award, across 1 state. Every citation below links to the primary source.

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Assigned across 1 curriculum list · 1 state

Grade placement varies by school — the median assigned book spans 4 grade levels (83% span three or more, across 13,258 source-cited assignments).

On reading-award lists:Mississippi Magnolia Book Award

This page shows where Who Got Game? Basketball is assigned in US schools — curricula, states, grades, and the primary-source citations behind each placement. Not a summary or study guide.

Reading level at a glance

Grade range
Grades 6–8
Age range
Ages 11–14
Pages
319
Reading time
about 5h 50m (est.)
First published
2024
Genre
Middle Grade Nonfiction
ISBN-13
9781523527106

Sources: grade range from the cited lists below, last checked 2026-09-11; pages and year from our catalog record (sources); reading time is an estimate at 250 words a minute.

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Why it is assigned

This middle grade nonfiction title is typically read at grades 6–8. Written in the 2020s; cited on the Mississippi Magnolia Book Award.

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What grade level is Who Got Game? Basketball?
Who Got Game? Basketball is listed for grades 6–8. It appears on 1 state book-award list across 1 state. Exact placement varies by school and district.
How long does it take to read Who Got Game? Basketball?
It takes about 5h 50m to read Who Got Game? Basketball (319 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 350 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
What curricula assign Who Got Game? Basketball?
Who Got Game? Basketball appears on reading lists for Mississippi Magnolia Book Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
Is Who Got Game? Basketball banned in schools?
Who Got Game? Basketball does not appear in PEN America's Index of School Book Bans 2022-2024. No documented multi-district removals on record, but individual districts may challenge titles locally.

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How we classify

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Lexile measure
Not classified — this book has no published Lexile measure.
Grade band
Grades 6–8 — drawn from the state book-award lists citing this book.
Curriculum alignment
Cited in 1 curriculum on this site (see “Where recommended” above for primary-source links).
State-level evidence
On state book-award lists in 1 state (see citations above).
Removal / banning records
No tracked removal or challenge records in cited sources.
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