{"product_id":"9780062453136","title":"Hooper","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Geoff Herbach, the critically acclaimed author of the Stupid Fast series, comes a compelling new YA novel about basketball, prejudice, privilege, and family, perfect for fans of Jordan Sonnenblick, Andrew Smith, and Matt de la Peña.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Adam Reed, basketball is a passport. Adam’s basketball skills have taken him from an orphanage in Poland to a loving adoptive mother in Minnesota. When he’s tapped to play on a select AAU team along with some of the best players in the state, it just confirms that basketball is his ticket to the good life: to new friendships, to the girl of his dreams, to a better future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut life is more complicated off the court. When an incident with the police threatens to break apart the bonds Adam’s finally formed after a lifetime of struggle, he must make an impossible choice between his new family and the sport that’s given him everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eImmigrant Experience:\u003c\/b\u003e Adam Reed is a Polish orphan who sees basketball as his passport to a new life and a chance to overcome a difficult past.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAAU Basketball:\u003c\/b\u003e Tapped to play for one of the best select teams in the state, Adam thinks his future is set—but the biggest challenges lie off the court.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eUnlikely Friendships:\u003c\/b\u003e After a lifetime of struggle, Adam has finally started to form bonds, but an incident with the police threatens to break them all apart.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDealing with Anger:\u003c\/b\u003e A powerful story about an athlete battling prejudice in his new home and the impossible choice between the family he loves and the game that gave him everything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Geoff Herbach","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47101809229973,"sku":"9780062453136","price":7.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780062453136.jpg?v=1776887881","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780062453136","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}