Fast Break
Written by Mike Lupica
Narrated by MacLeod Andrews
4.5/5
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About this audiobook
From the #1 bestselling author of Heat, Travel Team and Million-Dollar Throw comes a feel-good basketball tale reminiscent of The Blind Side.
Forced to live on his own after his mom dies and her boyfriend abandons him, 12-year-old Jayson does whatever it takes to get by. He will do anything to avoid the foster care system. Besides, his real home has always been the beat-up basketball court behind the projects in the North Carolina hills, and his family has always been his friends and teammates. He manages to get away with his deception until the day he gets caught stealing a new pair of basketball sneakers. Game over. Within a day a social worker places him with a family from the other side of town, the Lawtons. New home, new school, new teammates.
Jayson, at first, is combatative, testing the Lawtons' patience at every turn. He wants out, yet the Lawtons refuse to take the bait. But not everyone in Jayson's new life is so ready to trust him--and even Jayson's old friends give him a hard time now that he's attending a school full of rich kids. It's on Jayson to believe that he deserves a better life than the one he once had. The ultimate prize if he can? A trip to play in the state finals at Cameron Indoor Stadium-home to the Duke Blue Devils and launching pad to his dream of playing bigtime college ball. Getting there will be a journey that reaches far beyond the basketball court.
In the tradition of uplifting stories like The Blind Side, Fast Break has all the family-friendly sports action Mike Lupica has become known and loved for.
Mike Lupica
Mike Lupica is a prominent sports journalist and New York Times-bestselling author of more than forty works of fiction and non-fiction. A longtime friend to Robert B. Parker, he was selected by the Parker estate to continue the Sunny Randall and Jesse Stone series.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jayson is struggling. With the death of his mom, he's living on his own trying to scrounge together enough to stay fed. His love is basketball. He plays everyday at his neighborhood court at the Jeff, practicing and always working to improve his game. When he gets caught stealing some new basketball shoes, his life changes. He finds himself in DCFS and gets placed with an affluent African-American family, Mrs Lawton also a product of the Jeff. He's angry. And he is suddenly playing hoops at a new school with new teammates. A touching story with lots of basketball action. There are some loose-ends left, but the story of Jayson's growth and healing as well improvement of himself as a ball player is satisfying.