Sooley

Locations
Call Number: Fiction / Grisham, John, Adult Book / Fiction / General / Grisham, John
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Pittsfield Branch, Traverwood Branch

After seventeen-year-old Samuel "Sooley" Sooleymon receives a college scholarship to play basketball for North Carolina Central, he moves to Durham from his native, war-torn South Sudan, enrolls in classes, joins the team, and prepares to sit out his freshman season, but Sooley has a fierce determination to succeed so he can bring his family to America, working tirelessly on his game until he dominates everyone in practice, and when Sooley is called off the bench, the legend begins.

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COMMUNITY REVIEWS

One of his best submitted by ramcgarty on July 7, 2021, 11:21am I found this book an insight into hipow difficult life is for those from South Sudan. Following Sooley’s journey in the basketball world in the U.S. was fascinating and distressful. Whilst this was fiction, my guess is there is much truth in it.

Sad submitted by Linda Rama on July 20, 2021, 3:07pm Though I liked that this book provided some education on the competitive world of basketball it also exposed negative world happenings.

Decent Read submitted by JJM.Deucher on July 6, 2023, 7:53am One of Grisham's sports themed books and it was decent. The premise was great, but it wasn't his best writing which has been the case with many of his recent works.