Hooper

<p><strong>From Geoff Herbach the critically acclaimed author of the Stupid Fast series comes a compelling new YA novel about basketball prejudice privilege and family perfect for fans of Jordan Sonnenblick Andrew Smith and Matt de la Peña.</strong> </p><p>For Adam Reed basketball is a passport. Adam's basketball skills have taken him from an orphanage in Poland to a loving adoptive mother in Minnesota. When he's tapped to play on a select AAU team along with some of the best players in the state it just confirms that basketball is his ticket to the good life: to new friendships to the girl of his dreams to a better future.</p><p>But life is more complicated off the court. When an incident with the police threatens to break apart the bonds Adam's finally formed after a lifetime of struggle he must make an impossible choice between his new family and the sport that's given him everything. </p>