The Hoopster

The Hoopster (2005) is a novel by American author Alan Lawrence Sitomer. It is the first book in the Hoopster Trilogy.

The Hoopster
AuthorAlan Lawrence Sitomer
Country United States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesHoopster Trilogy
GenreUrban fiction
PublisherDisney Hyperion
Publication date
2005
Media typeprint Paperback
Pages224 pp
ISBN978-0-7868-5483-7
Followed byHip Hop High School 

Plot summary

The book is about a black teenager named Andre Anderson, who loves to play basketball with his white best friend Shawn and his cousin Cedric. Andre has a dream of becoming a journalist, so he tries to secure a summer job working at a magazine. Shawn thinks that Andre spends too much time on work and not enough on his social life, so he introduces Andre to a Latino girl named Gwen. Andre's boss at the magazine asks him to write an article on racism. While working on the article, Andre's life seems to be perfect until he is violently attacked by a gang of racists and is sent to hospital. His friends and family are left wondering whether or not he will ever recover from the attack..

About the author

In 2003, Sitomer was named teacher of the year by the California Literacy organisation. He also had the honor of meeting former President George W. Bush when he was honored as State Teacher of the Year for California in 2007.[1] The Hoopster is the first in a trilogy of novels by Sitomer. The third novel in the trilogy went on to win the Top Ten Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers award from the American Library Association in 2008.[2]

References
  1. Whelan, Debra Lau (2007-06-01). "Yo, Hamlet! How one teacher uses hip-hop to unlock the classics (Alan Sitomer)". School Library Journal. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
  2. Young Adult Library Services Association division of the American Library Association (2008). "Top Ten Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers". Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers. Archived from the original on 2009-04-23. Retrieved 2009-07-24.


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