{"product_id":"buy-sooley-john-grisham-conf20260630220","title":"Sooley (John Grisham)","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSooley (John Grisham)\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Author: John Grisham \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e About Book \u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Published date: 2022 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e isbn: 9781529368048 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e GoodReads Rating: 4.1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e Condition \u0026amp; Size \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Size: Format B (Medium Format) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Book Type: Paperback \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e Condition: Good \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e Summary\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nNew York Times bestselling author John Grisham takes you to a different kind of court in his first basketball novel. Samuel \"Sooley\" Sooleymon is a raw, young talent with big hoop dreams...and even bigger challenges off the court.\n\n\nIn the summer of his seventeenth year, Sam­uel Sooleymon gets the chance of a lifetime: a trip to the United States with his South Sudanese teammates to play in a showcase basket­ball tournament. He has never been away from home, nor has he ever been on an airplane. The opportunity to be scouted by dozens of college coaches is a dream come true.\n\nSamuel is an amazing athlete, with speed, quick­ness, and an astonishing vertical leap. The rest of his game, though, needs work, and the American coaches are less than impressed.\n\nDuring the tournament, Samuel receives dev­astating news from home: A civil war is raging across South Sudan, and rebel troops have ran­sacked his village. His father is dead, his sister is missing, and his mother and two younger brothers are in a refugee camp.\n\nSamuel desperately wants to go home, but it's just not possible. Partly out of sympathy, the coach of North Carolina Central s him a scholar­ship. Samuel moves to Durham, enrolls in classes, joins the team, and prepares to sit out his freshman season. There is plenty of more mature talent and he isn't immediately needed.\n\nBut Samuel has something no other player has: a fierce determination to succeed so he can bring his family to America. He works tirelessly on his game, shooting baskets every morning at dawn by himself in the gym, and soon he's dominating everyone in practice. With the Central team los­ing and suffering injury after injury, Sooley, as he is nicknamed, is called off the bench. And the legend begins.\n\nBut how far can Sooley take his team? And will success allow him to save his family?\n\nGripping and moving, Sooley showcases John Grisham's unparalleled storytelling powers in a whole new light. This is Grisham at the top of his game. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grisham, John","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43180721307725,"sku":"CONF20260630220","price":89.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/3856\/4685\/files\/9781529368048_20260225_141611.jpg?v=1782817522","url":"https:\/\/readmatter.co.za\/products\/buy-sooley-john-grisham-conf20260630220","provider":"Readmatter","version":"1.0","type":"link"}