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01931aam a2200289 4500 001 D525DC0AE91F11EBA30FCA7D3BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210720010039 008 210227s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 1643859307 020 $a 9781643859309 040 $d TxAuBib $d SILO 100 1 $a Grisham, John. 245 1 $a Sooley $h [AFLP] / $c John Grisham. 250 $a Large Print edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Random House Large Print Publishing, $c 2021. 300 $a 466 pages ; $c 23 cm. 520 $a "Seventeen-year-old Samuel Sooleyman comes from a village in South Sudan, a war-torn country where one third of the population is a refugee. His great love is basketball: his prodigious leap and lightning speed make him an exceptional player. And it may also bring him his big chance: he has been noticed by a coach taking a youth team to the United States. If he gets through the tournament, Samuel's life will change beyond recognition. But it's the longest of long shots. His talent is raw and uncoached. There are hundreds of better-known players ahead of him. And he must leave his family behind, at least at the beginning. As American success beckons, devastating news reaches Samuel from home. Caught between his dream and the nightmare unfolding thousands of miles away, 'Sooley', as he's nicknamed by his classmates, must make hard choices about his future. This quiet, dedicated boy must do what no other player has achieved in the history of his chosen game: become a legend in twelve short months"-- $c (Source of summary not specified.) 541 $d 20210512. 650 7 $a Civil War $x Fiction. 650 1 $a Basketball $v Fiction. 650 7 $a Large type books. 650 $a Sudanese $z United States $v Fiction. 650 $a Athletes $v Fiction. 941 $a 1 952 $l XGPC697 $d 20210720010804.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D525DC0AE91F11EBA30FCA7D3BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search