Shooting Star

by Michael Embry

Overview

Basketball standout Jesse Christopher discovers that it's not easy being on the high school team -- or the new kid in school.

 

Jesse Christopher finds out that it's not easy being the new kid in school, no matter how well you play basketball. When discovered shooting hoops at a school playground by a high school coach, Jesse seems to be the missing piece to the puzzle for a team that aspires to win the Kentucky state championship.

 

But Jesse faces an array of problems in his new environment as he tries to make friends in the classroom and become part of the school's close-knit basketball team. Can Jesse overcome the obstacles and lead his team to a state high school basketball title?

Product Details

BN ID:	2940166844392
Publisher:	Wings ePress, Inc.
Publication date:	04/05/2023
Sold by:	Draft2Digital
Format:	eBook
File size:	467 KB

About the Author

Michael Embry is the author of three nonfiction basketball books and five novels including Shooting Star for Wings ePress in 2011. His career includes more than 30 years in journalism as a reporter, sportswriter and editor. He is a member of the U.S. Basketball Writers Association and the National Spor

Michael Embry is the author of seven novels, three nonfiction sports books, and a short-story collection. He spent more than 30 years in the news media as a sportswriter, news reporter and editor, working at two newspapers, a national news service, and a magazine, and nearly six years as a public information officer in state government. He is listed in Who's Who in America.

Embry lives in Frankfort, Ky., with his wife, Mary, and two chorkie dogs, Bailey and Belle. Among his interests are travel, hiking, writing, reading, music, and family activities, especially those involving his three granddaughters--Lily, Lola and Ellie.