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How would you cope if your parents were killed when you were a teenager? Boy 21 creates a persona for himself as a way to deal with the stress. He also asks to move for his senior year of high school to live with his grandparents on the opposite side of the U.S. That's where he meets another boy who has developed his own coping strategies. He plays basketball as a way to someday escape his inner-city, mob-ruled neighborhood with his girlfriend, Erin, who is also a basketball player. However, som
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Finley's escape is basketball. The entire summer before his senior year, he works out because his goal is to play starting point guard on the varsity team of his high school. A few days before school begins his basketball Coach (just know as "Coach") approaches Finley for a favor. The son of Coach's friends has recently moved in with his grandparents after his parents are murdered in LA. Russ was a star basketball player when he lived in LA and Coach hopes to encourage him to play for the high s
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4.5 stars. This story was fantastic, and I'm so glad it was on the 2013 Hub Challenge list!
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An excellent novel, and very well suited to summer reading.
Dec 11, 2011
Cynthia Shutts
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