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Adopted Polish American Adam relates--in broken English--his high-school basketball successes and his move to a diverse town in Minnesota. In the often-humorous first-person narrative, socially insecure and self-involved Adam adjusts his comfort zone thanks to his friend, teammates, coach, and crush. Herbach fully develops secondary characters, and he skillfully intertwines social, political, racial, and economic issues with exciting basketball action.