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1) Los Angeles
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Paul is the top high school basketball player coming out of Los Angeles. Will the pressure of leading his team through his senior season, along with choosing a college, be enough to break Paul?
2) Detroit
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"Isaiah is a hot-shot freshman, talented and hardworking enough to be on the varsity basketball team at one of the top private high schools in Detroit. The problem is, his family is breaking apart and he is losing street-cred with his new suburban address. Will Isaiah be able to rise above the taunts -- real or imagined -- from teammates and opponents? Will he be able to overcome the destruction of his family?"--Page 4 of cover.
3) Chicago
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When Serge is recruited from the Sudan to come play basketball at a high profile prep school in Chicago, there are bigger obstacles than culture shock to contend with. Will Serge be able to put his past behind him and something of his life in America through basketball?
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Darnell is a talented high school basketball player from Brooklyn, primed to be the first to attend college in his family. When his mother tells him that she has a new boyfriend, an event from Darnell's past takes him to a dark place that will force him to confront it.
6) Baltimore
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Marcus is the latest star at an athletically prestigious Baltimore high school. But when he gets in a bad fight with a white player at a preseason basketball tournament, racial tensions start to run high. Will Marcus' anger ruin his brightly lit future?