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ISBN
9780385547680
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Books
Books
2021
Summary
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.
Author
ISBN
9780593459317
Format
Large print
Large print
Subject-Genre
2021
Summary
"New York Times bestselling author John Grisham takes you to a different kind of court in his first basketball novel. Samuel "Sooley" Sooleymon is a raw, young talent with big hoop dreams...and even bigger challenges off the court. In the summer of his seventeenth year, Samuel Sooleymon gets the chance of a lifetime: a trip to the United States with his South Sudanese teammates to play in a showcase basketball 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, quickness, 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 devastating news from home: A civil war is raging across South Sudan, and rebel troops have ransacked 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 it's just not possible. Partly out of sympathy, the coach of North Carolina Central offers him a scholarship. 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 isn't 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 he's dominating everyone in practice. With the Central team losing 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 Grisham's unparalleled storytelling powers in a whole new light. This is Grisham at the top of his game"--Provided by publisher.
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ISBN
9781542004077
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Books
Books
Subject-Genre
2019
Summary
"Raised in a privileged community of wealthy survivalists on an idyllic, self-sustaining Oregon ranch, Marlo has always been insulated. The outside world is a casualty of ravaging climate change, a troubled landscape on the brink of catastrophe. For as long as Marlo can remember, the unknown that lies beyond the borders of her utopia has been a curious obsession. But just as she plans her escape into the chaos of the real world, a charismatic new resident gives her a compelling reason to stay. And, soon enough, a reason to doubt, and to fear, his intentions. Now, feeling more and more trapped in a paradise that's become a prison, Marlo has a choice: stay in the only home she's ever known, or breakaway, taking its secrets of survival with her."--Publisher description.
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ISBN
9780593171820
Format
Books
Books
2020
Summary
Julian Jessop, an eccentric, lonely artist and septuagenarian believes most people aren't really honest with other. But what if they were? And so he writes--in a plain, green journal--the truth about his own life and leaves it in his local café. It's run by the incredibly tidy and efficient Monica, who furtively adds her own entry and leaves the book in the wine bar across the street. Before long, the others who find the green notebook add the truths about their own deepest selves--and soon find each other in real life at Monica's Café.
ISBN
9781554535781
Format
Books
Books
2012
Publisher
Kids Can Press,
Summary
At long last, it's Jasper John Dooley's turn to be Star of the Week at school, but somehow, events don't unfold quite the way he had expected. The week just goes downhill, but by Friday, he knows once again that he has what it takes to be a star.
ISBN
9781572551183
Format
Books
Books
1996
Publisher
Mondo,
Summary
A boy describes what happens when he goes to the hospital to have tubes put in his ears.
ISBN
9780790746708
Format
Video disc
Video disc
2002 1983
Publisher
Warner Home Video : Buena Vista Home Entertainment,
Summary
Two beer-swilling Canadian brothers visit a brewery with a scheme to get a case of free beer. In the process they thwart the brewmeister's plan to take over the world.
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Video disc
Video disc
2015 2014
Summary
The Cold War heats up when a KGB defector exposes Operation Glass, a potentially devastating Soviet plot to activate sleeper agents across the UK. The charismatic but paranoid head of MI-5, known simply as 'Daddy', assembles a secret committee of spies and intelligence officers to investigate. They're the only colleagues he trusts in a world of double agents and lies, but has he chosen well?
ISBN
(v.r.)
Format
Video disc
Video disc
2019
Summary
"When a new toy called "Forky" joins Woody and the gang, a road trip alongside old and new friends reveals how big the world can be for a toy"--From www.imdb.com.
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