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Dragon hoops / Gene Luen Yang.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : First Second, 2020.Edition: 1st edDescription: 445 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781626720794
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 796.323/09794 23
LOC classification:
  • PZ7.7.Y35 Dr 2020
Awards:
  • Michael L. Printz Award/Honors, 2021
Summary: "Gene Luen Yang understands stories -- comic book stories, in particular. Big action. Bigger thrills. And the hero always wins. But Gene doesn't get sports. As a kid, his friends called him 'Stick' and every basketball game he played ended in pain. He lost interest in basketball long ago, but at the high school where he now teaches, it's all anyone can talk about. The men's varsity team, the Dragons, is having a phenomenal season that's been decades in the making. Each victory brings them closer to their ultimate goal: the California State Championship. Once Gene meets these young all-stars, he realizes that their story is just as thrilling as anything he's seen on a comic book page. He knows he has to follow this epic to its end. What he doesn't know yet is that this season is not only going to change the Dragons' lives, but his own life as well"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references.

School Library Journal starred, January 2020

Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2021

Booklist starred, February 2020

Horn Book Starred, May 2020

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, March 2020

Pub Weekly, January 2020

Kirkus Review, January 2020

"Gene Luen Yang understands stories -- comic book stories, in particular. Big action. Bigger thrills. And the hero always wins. But Gene doesn't get sports. As a kid, his friends called him 'Stick' and every basketball game he played ended in pain. He lost interest in basketball long ago, but at the high school where he now teaches, it's all anyone can talk about. The men's varsity team, the Dragons, is having a phenomenal season that's been decades in the making. Each victory brings them closer to their ultimate goal: the California State Championship. Once Gene meets these young all-stars, he realizes that their story is just as thrilling as anything he's seen on a comic book page. He knows he has to follow this epic to its end. What he doesn't know yet is that this season is not only going to change the Dragons' lives, but his own life as well"--Provided by publisher.

Young Adult Follett School Solutions.

Accelerated Reader AR UG 3.9 3.0 507211. BR

Michael L. Printz Award/Honors, 2021