Book
Sooley
Audience Adults
Published [2021] by Doubleday, New York
ISBN 9780385547680
Bib Id 2428385
Copyright 2021
Edition First edition.
Description 355 pages ; 25 cm
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LCCN
2021-931454
ISBN
0385547684
9780385547680 (hardcover) $28.95
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FIC Grisham
Author
Title
Sooley
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
[2021] by Doubleday, New York :
Copyright Date
©2021
Description
355 pages ; 25 cm
Form of Work
Book
Audience
General
Summary
This time. John Grisham takes you to a different kind of court. In the summer of his seventeenth year, Samuel Sooleymon gets the chance of a lifetime: a trip to the United States with his South Sudanese teammates to play in a showcase basketball tournament. He has never been away from home, nor has he ever been on a airplane. The opportunity to be scouted by dozens of college coaches is a dream come true. Samuel is an amazing athlete, with speed, quickness, and an astonishing vertical leap. The rest of his game, though, needs work, and the American coaches are less than impressed. During the tournament, Samuel receives devastating news from home: A civil war is raging across South Sudan, and rebel troops have ransacked his village. His father is dead, his sister is missing, and his mother and two younger brothers are in a refugee camp. Samuel desperately wants to go home, but it's just not possible. Partly out of sympathy, the coach of North Carolina Central offers him a scholarship. There is plenty of more mature talent and he isn't immediately needed. But Samuel has something no other player has: a fierce determination to succeed so he can bring his family to America. He works tirelessly on his game, shooting baskets every morning at dawn by himself in the gym, and soon he's dominating everyone in practice. With the Central team losing and suffering injury after injury, Sooley, as he is nicknamed, is called off the bench. And the legend begins. But how far can Sooley take his team? And will success allow him to save his family? Gripping and moving, Sooley showcases John Grisham's unparalleled storytelling powers in a whole new light. This is Grisham at the top of his game. --
Language Note
In English.
Genre/Form
Sports stories.
Sports fiction.
Novels
Sports fiction.
Novels
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