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HarperCollins · Paperback · August 13, 2019
From Geoff Herbach, the critically acclaimed author of the Stupid Fast series, comes a compelling new YA novel about basketball, prejudice, privilege, and family, perfect for fans of Jordan Sonnenblick, Andrew Smith, and Matt de la Peña.
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- Who it’s for
- Basketball’s promise meets the harder questions of prejudice, privilege, and where family fits.
- Themes
- Basketball and opportunity, Prejudice and privilege, Family and loyalty
- Genres
- Basketball, YA Adoption Stories, Coming of Age
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From Geoff Herbach, the critically acclaimed author of the Stupid Fast series, comes a compelling new YA novel about basketball, prejudice, privilege, and family, perfect for fans of Jordan Sonnenblick, Andrew Smith, and Matt de la Peña. For Adam Reed, basketball is a passport. Adam’s basketball skills have taken him from an orphanage in Poland to a loving adoptive mother in Minnesota.
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When he’s tapped to play on a select AAU team along with some of the best players in the state, it just confirms that basketball is his ticket to the good life: to new friendships, to the girl of his dreams, to a better future. But life is more complicated off the court. When an incident with the police threatens to break apart the bonds Adam’s finally formed after a lifetime of struggle, he must make an impossible choice between his new family and the sport that’s given him everything.
Beyond the Court
Basketball’s promise meets the harder questions of prejudice, privilege, and where family fits.
Come here for
- A YA sports story where the stakes reach beyond the game
- An adoptive-family story shaped by sport and belonging
Expect
- Basketball alongside questions of prejudice and privilege
- Tension between a new family and the sport that opened doors
Where it sits
| Basketball | 99% |
|---|---|
| YA Adoption Stories | 80% |
| Coming of Age | 33% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Stories About Boys & Men
- Coming of Age
- YA Adoption Stories
- YA Stories About Parents
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- YA Stories About Girls & Women
- Contemporary YA Romance
- Dating & Sex for Teens
- Immigration for Teens
- Authors
- Geoff Herbach
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- August 13, 2019
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Basketball and opportunity · Prejudice and privilege · Family and loyalty
- Reading lane
- YA Stories About Boys & Men