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. He knows he has to follow this epic to its end. 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. Each victory brings them closer to their ultimate goal: the California State Championships. A personal memoir (a first from the author), a history, an underdog tale Dragon Hoops spins multiple narratives with ease. The men’s varsity team, the Dragons, is having a phenomenal season that’s been decades in the making. It’s a wonderful and enveloping quilt, a heartwarming and triumphant look at the redemptive power of basketball (in this case, high school basketball) to bring a community together. On one level, Dragon Hoops is like a fast-paced documentary, intercutting the Dragons thrilling wins and crushing losses with basketballs own turbulent. He lost interest in basketball long ago, but at the high school where he now teaches, it's all anyone can talk about. As a kid, his friends called him “Stick” and every basketball game he played ended in pain. And the hero always wins.īut Gene doesn’t get sports. Gene understands stories―comic book stories, in particular. 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
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