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Sooley: A Novel

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Dion Graham

10 Hours 27 Minutes

Random House (Audio)

April 2021

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • 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.

“Hard to put down ... the pages turn quickly ... building to a climax that won’t leave readers doubting whether this is a John Grisham novel.” —Associated Press

In 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.

Samuel 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.

During 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.

Samuel desperately wants to go home, but it’s just not possible. Partly out of sympathy, the coach of North Carolina Central offers 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.

But 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.

But how far can Sooley take his team? And will success allow him to save his family?

Gripping and moving, Sooley showcases John Grisham’s unparalleled storytelling powers in a whole new light. This is Grisham at the top of his game.

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  • Everett C.

    Realistic and fast paced drama of South Sudan refugees. Spellbound by the narrator's description of Sooley's rise in college basketball fame. Somber but realistic ending. A pleasure to hear on audiobooks.

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  • Jill W.

    This was not my favorite Grisham novel. It left me a little angry!

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  • Sarah L.

    Reader dropped words at end of sentences. I couldn’t really relate to this story even though I love basketball. I had to quit listening.

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  • Tim S.

    This was another great story. Exciting heart warming

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  • Karen C.

    Enjoyed audio over reading all this basketball genre!!!

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  • Mimi

    Excellent. Enjoyed the entire book couldn’t wait to get in my car to hear this book

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  • Anonymous

    Loved the book!!!

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  • Anonymous

    awesome story, such a great listen!

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  • Anonymous

    As a John Grisham novel, it’s quite different than the court room/lawyer genre he usually writes. That being said…this is one of the best John Grisham novels I’ve read!!! Keeps your interest all through, exciting and makes you relate with the main character as I haven’t experienced in a long time! Books seldom make me shed a tear, but the involvement you get whilst reading this did! Great, great , book, even if you’re not a basketball person! Loved it!

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  • Jesse Y.

    Worst Grisham novel of all time. An embarrassment.

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