Hoop city

Serge, a recruit from Sudan, arrives in Chicago to play high school basketball, and has a difficult time fitting in with his teammates, experiences culture shock, and can not let go of thoughts of his father and older brother being killed by rebels back in Sudan. Will he be able to put the past behind him and make a life in America?.

"Marcus is the latest star at an athletically prestigious Baltimore high school. In the fall, he starts at running back on the varsity football team and in the winter, he starts at shooting guard for the varsity basketball team. He has his pick of a Division I scholarship in either of the two sports. But when Marcus gets in a bad fight with a white player at a preseason basketball tournament, racial tensions start to run high. Will Marcus be consumed by his anger?"--Publisher website.