This Way Home

ISBN: 0385741707

Author: Moore, Wes

Condition: New

Brimming with hard realities about the choices we make, the friendships we keep, and the unlikely allies we find along the way, this affecting novel helps to fill the gaping hole left by Walter Dean Myerss passing. -BooklistA taut, haunting tragedy. -Kirkus ReviewsOne young man searches for a place to call home in this gut-wrenching, honest novel from New York Times bestselling author Wes Moore and cowriter Shawn Goodman.Elijah Thomas knows one thing better than anyone around him: basketball. But when a sinister street gang, Blood Street Nation, wants him and his team members to wear the Nations colors in the next big tournament, Elijahs love of the game is soon thrown into jeopardy.The boys gather their courage and take a stand against the gang, but at a terrible cost. Now Elijah must struggle to balance hope and fear, revenge and forgiveness, to save his neighborhood. For help, he turns to the most unlikely of friends: Banks, a gruff ex-military man, and his beautiful and ambitious daughter. Together, the three work on a plan to destroy Blood Street and rebuild the community they all call home.This Way Home is a story about reclamation. Its about taking a stand for what matters most, and the discovery that, in the end, hope, love, and courage are our most powerful weapons.