Award-winning New York Times bestseller Gene Luen Yang has once again redefined himself—this time with a riveting YA nonfiction sports drama.
In his latest graphic novel, Gene Luen Yang turns the spotlight on his life, his family, and the high school where he teaches.
Gene doesn’t get sports. But at Bishop O'Dowd High School, it's all anyone can talk about. The men’s varsity basketball 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. What he doesn’t know yet is that this season is not only going to change the Dragons’ lives, but his own life as well.
Hardcover
Ages 14-18 yrs
Gene Luen Yangwrites, and sometimes draws, comic books and graphic novels.American Born Chinese, his first graphic novel from First Second, was a winner of the Printz Award. His two-volume graphic novelBoxers & Saintswon theLA TimesBook Prize. His other works include Secret Coders (with Mike Holmes),The Shadow Hero(with Sonny Liew), New Super-Man from DC Comics (with various artists), and the Avatar: The Last Airbender series from Dark Horse Comics (with Gurihiru). He was the fifth National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature an in 2016 he was named a MacArthur Foundation Fellow.