Description
Udoka Clendon is a first-year university student and a product of basketball systems that have produced professional players.
He's been pushed relentlessly by the obsessive mentorship of his older brother, which has been tolerated by his hard-working single mother. For years his brother has taken him to tournaments and pushed him to succeed on the outdoor courts of the west end.
Burdened by expectations and self-doubt, Udoka tries to reignite his passion for the game. Now, he's been given a final opportunity at the city-wide tournament to rediscover his confidence and his sense of purpose--all of which he fears he has lost forever.
With the clarity and poetic style of a seasoned writer, and drawing on his own time as an elite sports prospect, Jawara Pedican shows the trials and traumas of becoming fixated on a dream of sports stardom.
Author: Jawara Pedican
Publisher: Lorimer Children & Teens
Published: 08/01/2023
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781459417151
ISBN10: 1459417151
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Sports & Recreation | Basketball
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Peer Pressure
- Young Adult Fiction | Family | Siblings