Hoop Dreams
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"" by Ben Joravsky, is about two kids Arthur Agee and William Gates who are just starting high-school and playing high-school basketball. These two kids from the projects of Chicago's West Side are chasing their dreams of playing basketball in the NBA, and making it through life. Both of thei ....
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.... a very long way in the morning on the way to school, keep their grades up, and this would cause a big financial strain on both of their families. At first the both sets of parents seemed shocked that a school like St. Joseph would want two kids from the ghetto to play basketball for them. Mrs. Agee said, "I have heard of stories like this before where the school would suck the family in and when they could not keep up with tuition they were kicked out of the school." (p. 43) St. Josep ....
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