My Friend My Hero: The Hero Book Series 1

Bennett Wilson has the world at his fingertips. One of the top basketball players in New York State he is destined to lead Mount Vernon High to the state championship for the first time. Many of the nations top colleges are already reaching out eager to sign him to their roster. Scholarships are guaranteed. Still young Bennett is seduced by the promise of fame and fortune. Yet all is not as it appears. Bennetts life is plagued with strife and conflict. The oldest of three he has grown up with his single mother in the tough inner city projects of Mount Vernon. Life is hard but Bennett refuses to choose the fast life of the streets. He knows his only ticket to freedom is through basketball and academics.Bennetts dreams come to a screeching halt when he learns his sick mother has fallen far behind on her rent and is threatened with eviction. He knows he can get easy money on the streets but at the cost of ruining his future. Will Bennett finally succumb to a life hes avoided and if he does what will it cost? My Friend My Hero which celebrates its 25th year in print is the first in the acclaimed The Hero Book Series by author Jerald LeVon Hoover.