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