| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
445 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 445). |
| 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 Dragon's lives, but his own life as well. |
| Audience |
HL550L Lexile |
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Decoding demand: 97 (very high) Semantic demand: 100 (very high) Syntactic demand: 74 (high) Structure demand: 88 (very high) Lexile |
| Reading Level |
Accelerated Reader AR UG 3.9 3 507211. |
| Awards |
2021 Michael L. Pritz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature honoree |
| Subject |
Yang, Gene Luen.
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| Subject(S) |
Chinese Americans -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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High school teachers -- California -- Oakland -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Basketball -- Tournaments -- California -- Oakland -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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High schools -- California -- Oakland -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Comics (Graphic works)
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Graphic novels.
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Autobiographical comics.
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Sports comics.
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| Added Name(S) |
Yang, Gene Luen, author, artist.
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Pien, Lark, colourist.
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Meyers, Rianne, artist.
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Yang, Kolbe, artist.
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| ISBN |
9781626720794 (hardcover) |
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