01423cam a2200325 4500 501824989 TxAuBib 20210513120000.0 210325s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021931454 9780385547680 0385547684 TxAuBib Grisham, John. Sooley : a novel / John Grisham. First edition. New York : Doubleday, 2021. 355 p. ; 25 cm. 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. 20210513. Sudanese United States Fiction. Basketball players Fiction. College athletes Fiction. FICTION / Sports. FICTION / Coming of Age. FICTION / Cultural Heritage. North Carolina Fiction. Sports fiction. Novels.