#1 New York Times BestsellerA People Kid Pick of the weekFrom the mind of basketball legend and Academy Awardwinning storyteller Kobe Bryant comes this radically original portrait of five young basketball players, one enlightening coach, and the awesome transformative power of the game. Filled with insights about the mental stamina and emotional clarity that peak performance requires, this is an indispensable story for young athletes, coaches, educators, and anyone interested in the astonishing potential of team sports to unlock individual growth.THE GAME WILL NEVER BE THE SAMEMagic doesnt seem possible for the West Bottom Badgers. Theyre the lowest-ranked basketball team in their league, and they live in the poorest neighborhood in Dren. Nobody expects them to succeed at anything. Plus, every kid on the team has secret struggles of his own.When a new coach named Professor Wizenard arrives on the first day of training camp, the Badgers cant explain the magical-seeming things they see and hear. Every player experiences unique and strange visionsvisions that challenge everything they thought they knew about basketball, and about their lives and their secrets off the court. To survive the increasingly intense ordeals of training, the Badgers will need to take unimaginable risks, learn to trust their teammates, and confront the darkness within themselves.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Wizenard .

This book is aimed at children at US 4th grade-12th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 10-18 years.

There are 592 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2019 by Granity Studios .

Wesley King is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wizenard Series: Training Camp with Kobe Bryant. He also wrote OCDaniel, which won the prestigious Edgar Award for best middle grade mystery, was named a Bank Street Best Book of the Year, and received Canada's Silver Birch Award. Booklist called it "Complex and satisfying. sometimes painful, sometimes amusing, and always rewarding," in a starred review. He lives in Nova Scotia. Kobe Bryant is an Academy Award-winning storyteller and content creator. He spends his days building stories to inspire the next generation of athletes to be the best versions of themselves. In a previous life, Kobe was a five-time NBA champion, two-time NBA Finals MVP, NBA MVP, and two-time Olympic gold medalist. He hopes to share all he learned with young athletes around the world.