The Hoop and the Harm

By Jawara Pedican

Udoka Clendon is a first-year university student and a product of basketball systems that have produced professional players.

He's been pushed relentlessly by the obsessive mentorship of his older brother, which has been tolerated by his hard-working single mother. For years his brother has taken him to tournaments and pushed him to succeed on the outdoor courts of the west end.

Burdened by expectations and self-doubt, Udoka tries to reignite his passion for the game. Now, he's been given a final opportunity at the city-wide tournament to rediscover his confidence and his sense of purpose--all of which he fears he has lost forever.

With the clarity and poetic style of a seasoned writer, and drawing on his own time as an elite sports prospect, Jawara Pedican shows the trials and traumas of becoming fixated on a dream of sports stardom.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1459417224
• ISBN13: 9781459417229
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Lorimer Children & Teens
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 13 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary