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by Lucy Jane Bledsoe

Basketball, belonging, and a family mystery

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Basketball, belonging, and a family mystery

BJ’s life is organized around college basketball, but the discovery of her long-missing father opens questions about the family she has never known. The contrast between her mother’s artistic café and BJ’s devotion to the court gives the premise two distinct centers: home and sport. As BJ wonders whether her closest friends could be her sisters, the story brings a search for family into the daily world of a young athlete trying to keep her attention on the game.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in basketball-centered fiction
  • Readers who enjoy stories involving family mysteries and questions of belonging
  • Readers looking for young adult fiction that connects sport with personal relationships

Themes

Basketball and athletic identityFamily and belongingFriendshipUncertainty about the past

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Book overview

BJ's mother is short.Mom is an abstract painter who runs an arty cafe. BJ, however, takes after her missing father. Just twenty-one, she's a college basketball player who lives and breathes the game. High tops and hoops occupy her every waking moment. When she accidentally discovers her dad, a shadowy presence throughout her whole life, she suspects her best friends may actually be closer than she thinks--are they her sisters? Maybe there is more family she's never met! BJ just wants to keep her mind on the game.

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