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Gene understands stories - comic book stories, in particular. Big action. Bigger thrills. And the hero always wins. But Gene doesn't get sports. As a kid, his friends called him "Stick" and every basketball game he played ended in pain. He lost interest in basketball long ago, but at the high school...

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Main Author: Yang, Gene Luen (Author, Artist)
Other Authors: Pien, Lark (colourist.), Meyers, Rianne (Artist), Yang, Kolbe (Artist)
Format: Books Print Book Comic & Graphic Novel
Language:English
Published: New York : First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
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Yang, Gene Luen > Young adult fiction.
Chinese Americans > Young adult fiction.
High school teachers > California > Oakland > Young adult fiction.
Basketball > Tournaments > California > Oakland > Young adult fiction.
High schools > California > Oakland > Young adult fiction.
Comics (Graphic works) > Young adult.
Graphic novels > Young adult.
Autobiographical comics > Young adult.
Sports comics > Young adult.
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Summary:Gene understands stories - comic book stories, in particular. Big action. Bigger thrills. And the hero always wins. But Gene doesn't get sports. As a kid, his friends called him "Stick" and every basketball game he played ended in pain. He lost interest in basketball long ago, but at the high school where he now teaches, it's all anyone can talk about. The men's varsity team, the Dragons, is having a phenomenal season that's been decades in the making. Each victory brings them closer to their ultimate goal: the California State Championships. 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. He knows he has to follow this epic to its end. 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.
Physical Description:445 pages : color illustrations, 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (page 445).
ISBN:1626720797
9781626720794
Author Notes:Gene Luen Yang was born on August 9, 1973 in California. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, where he majored in computer science and minored in creative writing. After graduating in 1995, he worked as a computer engineer for two years. He decided that he was meant to teach and left his job as an engineer to teach computer science at Bishop O'Dowd High School in Oakland, California.

He is a writer of graphic novels and comics. His first published comic, Gordon Yamamoto and the King of the Geeks, was published in 1997 and won the Xeric Grant, a self-publishing grant for comic book creators. His other works include Loyola Chin and the San Peligran Order and Avatar: The Last Airbender. He won the Michael L. Printz Award in 2006 for American Born Chinese and the Eisner Award for best short story in 2009 for Eternal Smile.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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