This book is about a 14 yer old kid named Aurthur Agee. His dream is to get into NBA and become a good player so he can help out his family. once he got to high school he played Basketball as much as he could everyday. so one day the coach of the team took him and his family to a recruiting business where they saw Isiah Thomas play (A NBA player) and it was a chance for Arthur to impress the coaches and Isiah.which he did and he went to St.Joseph high school.His freshman year he was doing bad in school and in playing basketball.his sophomore year in the middle of first semester he dropped out of the school because his family could not pay the tuition so he went to another school. when he went to another school he joined the basketball team there and he did not get credit for his semester at that school because of its system. After 21 years of marriage, Aurthur's dad leaves the family.then as he goes to collage to reach his dream of becoming a NBA player. you will enjoy the book.I recommend anyone into sports ir mostly basketball to read this book because it is a wonderful story.

This book is about a 14 yer old kid named Aurthur agee. his dream is to get into NBA and become a good player so he can help out his family. once he got to high school he played Basketball as much as he could everyday. so one day the coach of the team took him and his family to a recruiting business where they saw Izea Thomas play (a NBA player) and it was a chance for Arthur to impress the coaches and him.which he did and he went to St.Joseph high school.in freshman year he was doing bad in school and in playing basketball. at sophomore year in the middle of first semester he dropped out of the school because his family could not pay the tuition so he went to another school. when he went to another school he joined the basketball team there and he did not get credit for his semester at that school because it was the system. after 21 years of marriage, Aurthur's dad leaves the family.then as he goes to collage to reach up to his dream of becoming a NBA player you will enjoy the book. i recommend anyone into sports ir mostly basketball to read this book because it is a wonderful story. ( )

Two teenage African American boys from public housing are given basketball scholarships to a prestigious prep school where they dream of earning college scholarships and hopefully moving on to the pros. Not surprisingly, there are a number of pitfalls along the way. The book extends beyond the original documentary film Hoop Dreams which was critically acclaimed. ( )