What he doesn’t know yet is that this season is not only going to change the Dragons’s lives, but his own life as well. Dragon Hoops is a graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang that masterfully weaves together a season of Catholic high school basketball with historical vignettes, student stories, and weighty topics such as racism and abuse. He knows he has to follow this epic to its end. Once Gene gets to know these young all-stars, he realizes that their story is just as thrilling as anything he’s seen on a comic book page. Each victory brings them closer to their ultimate goal: the California State Championships. The men’s varsity team, the Dragons, is having a phenomenal season that’s been decades in the making. He lost interest in basketball long ago, but at the high school where he now teaches, it’s all anyone can talk about. As a kid, his friends called him “Stick” and every basketball game he played ended in pain. And the hero always wins.īut Gene doesn’t get sports. In his latest graphic novel, Dragon Hoops, New York Times bestselling author Gene Luen Yang turns the spotlight on his life, his family, and the high school. Gene understands stories–comic book stories, in particular. Gene understands storiescomic book stories, in particular. In his latest graphic novel, Dragon Hoops, New York Times bestselling author Gene Luen Yang turns the spotlight on his life, his family, and the high school where he teaches. In his latest graphic novel, Dragon Hoops, New York Times bestselling author Gene Luen Yang turns the spotlight on his life, his family, and the high school where he teaches.
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