Dragon Hoops
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Roaring Brook Press
Published:1st Mar '20
Should be back in stock very soon
Award-winning New York Times bestseller Gene Luen Yang has once again redefined himself-this time with a riveting YA nonfiction sports drama.
In his latest graphic novel, Dragon Hoops, New York Times bestselling author Gene Luen Yang turns the spotlight on his life, his family, and the high school where he teaches.Gene 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 Championships. Once Gene gets to know these young all-stars, he realises 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’s lives, but his own life as well.
- Commended for Michael L. Printz Award (Young Adult) 2021
ISBN: 9781626720794
Dimensions: 167mm x 225mm x 46mm
Weight: 1056g
448 pages