Dragon Hoops

Teens (and adults) will LOVE this book! He covers the history of men's and women's basketball while serving an exciting through line story of the Bishop O'Dowd High School 2014-2015 baseketball season (I teared up at the last game, he builds such realistic excitement and emotion), offers a window into many of the main high school player's lives, and frames the story with his own meta-moments about his writing process (not sure as many kids will connect to this piece but some will and adult readers definitely will) and how his storyline decisions and who/what he includes will affect the reader. The only downside is it's a brick of a book, at 430+ pages hardback, and that visual thickness might initially put some kids off, but booktalking this will be an easy sell and kids will definitely feel accomplished that they've tackled such a thick book, and then spread the love on to other kids! Will definitely need to purchase multiple copies.