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Tre is a sophomore, and his family is dealing with the recent death of his older brother. This story is about his family dealing with that grief, but it‘s also about friendship, crushes, the pressure of high school sports, and figuring out how those things work together. It‘s also about a Native American team proving themselves, and includes some action packed basketball games. 🏀

Due to language and alcohol use, I would consider this mature YA.

I dread sports books. I read them so I have new books to recommend to young patrons but I dread them. This book is all basketball, all the time. It is also all heart. Great friendships, a family who is actively surviving the eldest son‘s death, and a community that just needs one win. This was fantastic. I gave a basketball novel five stars!!!😳

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#Scarathlon is almost over but we can still finish strong! Remember that for every hour read during a readathon you get 10 points! This #FinalStretchathon runs until the end of the event. Have fun! @LiseWorks

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I figured from the cover and the title that this would be about a kid with too much to do. In part that was correct. But the book ended up being more about handling stress than about deciding you can't do everything and choosing what works best for you. I also do not like how the book started to rhyme, then broke the cadence. It always happened in odd spots and it was annoying.

#AyUpAugust A few titles I read this year that have an #animal in the title 🐒🦐🦈 🐯🦔🐲I think my favorites were the tagged book, Monkey God & Moon Tiger. My least favorite was probably the most popular book, Crawdads🤷🏼‍♀️Special shoutout to @BookaholicNatty & @Simona for each gifting me one of these books ♥️

Talk about getting lost in a book ~ I managed to do NOTHING today other than read this heartbreaking /uplifting story courtesy of #Hoopla. Neighborhood friends who grow up to be inseparable are suddenly untethered when one friend leaves the group with no warning or reason given. Her departure scatters the group until her suicide brings them back together. 😭😭😭OMG, I LOVED this book. Highly recommend

Playing #quotsycatchup #quotsymarch18 #pressure #hunger #ernesthemingway #jazzfeylynn

If you‘ve never come within days of being kicked out of grad school because you haven‘t defended your dissertation (or some similar activity), then you probably don‘t understand pressure or procrastination. I don‘t recommend doing this. #pressure #Quotsy #QuotsyMarch18 #LitsyQuoteChallenge