Hoops

HoopsBy the groundbreaking author of the award winning Monstera visionary who influenced and inspired a generationthis fast paced and poignant story reveals the fierce underworld of sports. All eyes are on seventeen year old Lonnie Jackson while he practices with his team for a city wide basketball Tournament of Champions. His coach, Cal, knows Lonnie has what it takes to be a pro basketball player, but warns him about giving in to the pressure. Cal knows

Priyanka Das has so many unanswered questions: Why did her mother abandon her home in India years ago

For the first time Gucci Mane tells his extraordinary story in his own words

Your young one is making strides as an early reader

out of hand

Okeowo investigates her life

former potato farmers Gottfried and Marla Hemmings

When a girl is asked where she’s from—where she’s really from—none of her answers seems to be the right one

the societal barrier which breeds and sustains racism

Muhammad developed a strong jab and an even stronger work ethic

and ready to return another day

and places like Carter’s own Boogie Down Grind Cafe  This is a profoundly personal book

and the girls just drift further apart