BOOK REVIEW
This novel by Byron Graves tells the story of a young athlete determined to play like the hero his Ojibwe community needs him to be.
The protagonist TRE Brun is happiest when he is playing basketball on the Red Lake Reservation high school team.
TRE is a Native teen who grieves the recent death of his older brother Jaxon but despite the sadness that consumes his family , TRE Brun strives to excel in basketball as a way to make his dreams come true even struggling to come out from under the shadow of his old brother .
Jaxon, the brother, was a superstar basketball player and was killed in a car accident.
For this reason, the Tre’s dream was to play on behalf of his brother.
Tre Brun morphed from a short , dumpy, nerdy gamer to a good basket player.
After working hard all summer to hone his fitness level and perfect his shooting skills , TRE hopes to make the Red Lake Warrior’s varsity team.
But despite many efforts, TRE will have to wait another year to play in The Red Lake team.
And when Tre gets called up to the varsity team at the last minute, he has no idea the pressures he will face as he tries to fill his brother’s shoes, navigate peer pressure and keeps his grades high.
But stepping into his brother’s shoes as a star player means that Tre can’t mess up. Not on the court, not at school, and not with his new friend, gamer Khiana who is falling in love.
WHAT I LOVED ABOUT THIS BOOK.
The author Byron Graves describes THE PAIN in a deeply way.
The pain that means about racisms, family loss, poverty and forgotten dreams.
The Tre’s life is full of pain: The death of Jaxon, his brother.
TRE have to face and to solve a great personal pain: the loss of his brother.
But this pain turns into a feeing of revenge that leads TRE to realize his dream and play in a great basketball team.
This book can inspire all of us.
This book exort us to never give up ad to pursue all our dreams with determination.