At the same time, Yang struggles with his work life balance, since teaching and working on his graphic novels are time consuming, giving him less time with his family. He agrees to let Yang tag along with the team to get information for his new book. The coach, Lou Richie, was a student at the school, so has deep ties to the community and the basketball program.
While he didn't participate in basketball himself, he is drawn to the team, which does very well but has struggled to bring home a championship. Unsure of what to write about next, Yang draws inspiration from the school where he teachers. Yang's writing life combined with a history of the Bishop O'Dowd school basketball team. This is best described as a graphic novel memoir of Mr. Keywords: basketball, competition, graphic nonfiction, Asian American author, family, diversity, diverse books, ethnicity, creative process, 13 year old, 14 year old, 15 year old, high school, equality, race, memoir What he doesn’t know yet is that this season is not only going to change the Dragons’s lives, but his own life as well.-from the publisher
He knows he has to follow this epic to its end. Once Gene gets to know these young all-stars, he realizes that their story is just as thrilling as anything he’s seen on a comic book page. Each victory brings them closer to their ultimate goal: the California State Championships. The men’s varsity team, the Dragons, is having a phenomenal season that’s been decades in the making. He lost interest in basketball long ago, but at the high school where he now teaches, it's all anyone can talk about. As a kid, his friends called him “Stick” and every basketball game he played ended in pain. And the hero always wins.īut Gene doesn’t get sports. Gene understands stories―comic book stories, in particular.
In his latest graphic novel, Dragon Hoops, New York Times bestselling author Gene Luen Yang turns the spotlight on his life, his family, and the high school where he teaches.
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