![]() It’s the O’Dowd Dragons’ third trip to the state championship but they’ve never managed to actually win it. In 1988, Lou is a junior on the O’Dowd basketball team and they make it to the State Championship. He crosses campus to the gym (a place he has RARELY visited in his years of teaching) and meets Coach Lou Richie.Īnd within 10 minutes, he knows this is his next story. ![]() Gene is most decidedly NOT a sports guy, but he IS a story guy and if there’s a good story here? Maybe it’s worth investigating. He’s also written a couple of really successful graphic novels but it’s been more than a year since his last book was released and he’s struggling to find a new idea for his next one.Īnd then he starts hearing a lot of buzz about basketball at Bishop O’Dowd. Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yangĭragon Hoops is a true story – the author, Gene Yang, is a teacher at Bishop O’Dowd High School in Oakland California. I’m not super into graphic novels and I’m not super into basketball, but what I AM into is great storytelling and this book? ![]() ![]() ![]() So when Dragon Hoops snagged a Printz award at the end of January and people were going nuts about how good it was, it didn’t take me many minutes to snag a copy at my library.Īnd. One of my reading goals this year was to read more graphic novels. ![]()
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