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Rucker Park Setup

by Paul Volponi

Basketball, friendship, and responsibility at Rucker Park

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Basketball, friendship, and responsibility at Rucker Park

Rucker Park is the setting for a tournament that represents a lifelong goal for best friends Mackey and J.R. When J.R. is fatally stabbed on the day of an important game, Mackey is left wrestling with guilt and the consequences of violence. The story brings basketball together with questions of friendship, responsibility, and how Mackey will respond to the loss as the tournament’s final game approaches. Its focus on a young athlete’s connection to the sport gives the tournament personal stakes beyond the competition itself.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in basketball-centered fiction.
  • Readers interested in stories about friendship, grief, and responsibility after violence.

Themes

Basketball and competitionFriendshipGrief and guiltViolence and responsibility

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Book overview

A compelling and all too relatable story of teens waking up to the harsh realities of their beloved sport while learning what true friendship really means.

"Paul Volponi has done it again! Great story, laser-perfect characterizations, and a plot that makes you think."--Chris Crutcher

Rucker Park--a place where basketball's greatest pro players go up against street legends. Best friends Mackey and J.R. have waited their whole lives to win the basketball tournament here. But when the day of an important game arrives, J.R. is fatally stabbed. While Mackey didn't wield the knife, he feels responsible. Now he has a score to settle, but the killer is watching his every move.

Mackey is determined to finish the final game of the Rucker Park Tournament on his own terms. The question is, can he do it?
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