Hooper

ISBN: 0062453122

Author: Herbach, Geoff

Condition: New

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 Pea.For Adam Reed, basketball is a passport. Adams basketball skills have taken him from an orphanage in Poland to a loving adoptive mother in Minnesota. When hes 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 Adams finally formed after a lifetime of struggle, he must make an impossible choice between his new family and the sport thats given him everything.