Description
A gifted teenager from South Sudan, Samuel “Sooley” Sooleymon, is offered a once-in-a-lifetime chance to pursue basketball in the United States—only to discover that distance can’t protect the people he loves. As his dream unfolds on the court, the civil war back home turns his family’s future into a desperate fight for survival, forcing him to confront impossible choices and the limits of hope. Blending the momentum of sports fiction with the emotional weight of a refugee story, this novel explores loyalty, identity, and what it truly means to keep going when the world you left behind is gone. In John Grisham’s signature style—fast-moving, sharply observed, and deeply human—Sooley delivers a heartbreaking, uplifting journey driven by resilience and moral courage.
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hardcover
Doubleday
Published Apr 27, 2021
368 pages
ISBN: 9780385547680
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First Published
2021
Language
eng
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