Boy21 by Matthew Quick
You can lose yourself in repetition--quiet your thoughts; I learned the value of this at a very young age.Basketball has always been an escape for Finley. He lives in broken-down Bellmont, a town ruled by the Irish mob, drugs, violence, and racially charged rivalries. At home, his dad works nights, and Finley is left to take care of his disabled grandfather alone. He's always dreamed of getting out someday, but until he can, putting on that number 21 jersey makes everything seem okay.
Russ has just moved to the neighborhood, and the life of this teen basketball phenom has been turned upside down by tragedy. Cut off from everyone he knows, he won't pick up a basketball, but answers only to the name Boy21--taken from his former jersey number.
As their final year of high school brings these two boys together, a unique friendship may turn out to be the answer they both need.
Matthew Quick is the author of many New York Times best-selling novels, including The Silver Linings Playbook, which was adapted into an Oscar-winning picture, and The Good Luck of Right Now. He has been honored with a PEN/Hemingway Award Honorable Mention for his writing, which has been translated into thirty languages. Goddard College awarded him an MA in creative writing. Before returning to Philadelphia and starting to write full-time, he floated down the Peruvian Amazon, backpacked around southern Africa, and walked to the bottom of a frozen Grand Canyon.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780316127967 |
| ISBN 10 | 0316127965 |
| Title | Boy21 |
| Author | Matthew Quick |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown & Company |
| Year published | 2013-06-18 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Nutmeg Book Award (High School) 2015, Short-listed for Keystone to Reading Book Award (High School) 2015 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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