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. 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. Immigrant Experience: Adam Reed is a Polish orphan who sees basketball as his passport to a new life and a chance to overcome a difficult past.
AAU Basketball: Tapped to play for one of the best select teams in the state, Adam thinks his future is set-but the biggest challenges lie off the court. Unlikely Friendships: After a lifetime of struggle, Adam has finally started to form bonds, but an incident with the police threatens to break them all apart. Dealing with Anger: A powerful story about an athlete battling prejudice in his new home and the impossible choice between the family he loves and the game that gave him everything.
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. 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. Immigrant Experience: Adam Reed is a Polish orphan who sees basketball as his passport to a new life and a chance to overcome a difficult past.
AAU Basketball: Tapped to play for one of the best select teams in the state, Adam thinks his future is set-but the biggest challenges lie off the court. Unlikely Friendships: After a lifetime of struggle, Adam has finally started to form bonds, but an incident with the police threatens to break them all apart. Dealing with Anger: A powerful story about an athlete battling prejudice in his new home and the impossible choice between the family he loves and the game that gave him everything.
