TY  - BOOK
AU  - Grisham, John,
TI  - Sooley
SN  - 9781529368017
AV  - PS3557.R5355 S66 2021
U1  - 813.6 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - London : 
PB  - Hodder & Stoughton, 
KW  - Sudanese
KW  - United States
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Teenagers
KW  - Life change events
KW  - Basketball players
KW  - College athletes
KW  - Civil war
KW  - Sudan
KW  - Parents
KW  - Death
KW  - American Dream
KW  - US & CAN fiction
N2  - "Seventeen-year-old Samuel Sooleyman comes from a village in South Sudan, a war-torn country where one third of the population is a refugee. His great love is basketball: his prodigious leap and lightning speed make him an exceptional player. And it may also bring him his big chance: he has been noticed by a coach taking a youth team to the United States. If he gets through the tournament, Samuel's life will change beyond recognition. But it's the longest of long shots. His talent is raw and uncoached. There are hundreds of better-known players ahead of him. And he must leave his family behind, at least at the beginning. As American success beckons, devastating news reaches Samuel from home. Caught between his dream and the nightmare unfolding thousands of miles away, 'Sooley', as he's nicknamed by his classmates, must make hard choices about his future. This quiet, dedicated boy must do what no other player has achieved in the history of his chosen game: become a legend in twelve short months."--Publisher
ER  -