Dragon Hoops Basketball Training Equipment - Improve Shooting & Dribbling Skills for Indoor/Outdoor Practice - Perfect for Coaches, Players & Basketball Enthusiasts
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In his latest graphic novel, Dragon Hoops, New York Times bestselling author Gene Luen Yang turns the spotlight on his life, his family, and the high school where he teaches.Gene understands stories―comic book stories, in particular. Big action. Bigger thrills. And the hero always wins.But Gene doesn’t get sports. As a kid, his friends called him “Stick” and every basketball game he played ended in pain. He lost interest in basketball long ago, but at the high school where he now teaches, it's all anyone can talk about. The men’s varsity team, the Dragons, is having a phenomenal season that’s been decades in the making. Each victory brings them closer to their ultimate goal: the California State Championships.Once Gene gets to know these young all-stars, he realizes that their story is just as thrilling as anything he’s seen on a comic book page. He knows he has to follow this epic to its end. What he doesn’t know yet is that this season is not only going to change the Dragons’s lives, but his own life as well.
Customer Reviews
This is a 1-in-100 masterclass of a graphic novel. It's about a high school basketball team, but you don't need to be into basketball to love it. You'll learn about the history of basketball (I didn't know that the WNBA used a smaller ball than the NBA), you'll learn about high school sports, and you'll fall in love with every character. Every part of this novel is a 10/10 for me. The art, the story, the creativity, etc. It's approachable and interesting for people who never read graphic novels. And it pushes the envelope for people who've read hundreds of graphic novels. I haven't read anything as good as this in a few years. It'll win buckets of Eisners awards, I'm sure.In my review, I've included an image from one of the chapters when Yang discusses why a Sikh student chose to go to a Catholic high school. Most of the novel reads much more like a story, but it's the only screenshot I took while reading.
