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"In this coming-of-age novel, seventeen-year-old high school basketball star Ezekiel "Zeke" Archer has it all: a sweet jump shot, a full-ride scholarship to a Midwestern basketball powerhouse, and the brightest future. But when Zeke's temper gets the better of him in the city championship, he is expelled from school, has to forfeit his scholarship, and is left to ponder his once-hopeful future. While finishing his final high school days in the California...
2) 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?
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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.