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Sooley [sound recording] / John Grisham.
In the summer of his seventeenth year, Sam-uel Sooleymon gets the chance of a lifetime: a trip to the United States with his South Sudanese teammates to play in a showcase basket-ball tournament. He has never been away from home, nor has he ever been on an airplane. The opportunity to be scouted by dozens of college coaches is a dream come true. During the tournament, Samuel receives dev-astating news from home: A civil war is raging across South Sudan, and rebel troops have ran-sacked his village. His father is dead, his sister is missing, and his mother and two younger brothers are in a refugee camp.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593459287
- Physical Description: 9 audio discs (10.5 hours) : digital ; 4 3/4 inches
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: New York : Harper Audio, 2021.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Compact discs. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Dion Graham. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Basketball players > Fiction. College athletes > Fiction. Sudanese > United States > Fiction. North Carolina > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Audiobooks. Bildungsromans. Sports fiction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- Baker & Taylor
After seventeen-year-old Samuel "Sooley" Sooleymon receives a college scholarship to play basketball for North Carolina Central, he moves to Durham from his native, war-torn South Sudan, enrolls in classes, joins the team, and prepares to sit out his freshman season, but Sooley has a fierce determination to succeed so he can bring his family to America, working tirelessly on his game until he dominates everyone in practice, and when Sooley is called off the bench, the legend begins. - Random House, Inc.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER ⢠John Grisham takes you to a different kind of court in his first basketball novel. Samuel âSooleyâ Sooleymon is a raw, young talent with big hoop dreamsâand even bigger challenges off the court.
âHard to put down ... the pages turn quickly ... building to a climax that wonât leave readers doubting whether this is a John Grisham novel.â âAssociated Press
In the summer of his seventeenth year, SamÂuel Sooleymon gets the chance of a lifetime: a trip to the United States with his South Sudanese teammates to play in a showcase basketÂball tournament. He has never been away from home, nor has he ever been on an airplane. The opportunity to be scouted by dozens of college coaches is a dream come true.
Samuel is an amazing athlete, with speed, quickÂness, and an astonishing vertical leap. The rest of his game, though, needs work, and the American coaches are less than impressed.
During the tournament, Samuel receives devÂastating news from home: A civil war is raging across South Sudan, and rebel troops have ranÂsacked his village. His father is dead, his sister is missing, and his mother and two younger brothers are in a refugee camp.
Samuel desperately wants to go home, but itâs just not possible. Partly out of sympathy, the coach of North Carolina Central offers him a scholarÂship. Samuel moves to Durham, enrolls in classes, joins the team, and prepares to sit out his freshman season. There is plenty of more mature talent and he isnât immediately needed.
But Samuel has something no other player has: a fierce determination to succeed so he can bring his family to America. He works tirelessly on his game, shooting baskets every morning at dawn by himself in the gym, and soon heâs dominating everyone in practice. With the Central team losÂing and suffering injury after injury, Sooley, as he is nicknamed, is called off the bench. And the legend begins.
But how far can Sooley take his team? And will success allow him to save his family?
Gripping and moving, Sooley showcases John Grishamâs unparalleled storytelling powers in a whole new light. This is Grisham at the top of his game.
