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The Boys of Dunbar: A Story of Love, Hope, and Basketball
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The inspiring true story of a remarkable coach whose superb undefeated highschool basketball team in 1980s Baltimore produced four NBA players and gave hope to a desperate neighborhood and citya feelgood story that is timely as well as true (Glenn C. Altschuler, Florida Courier).As the crack epidemic swept across innercity America in the early 1980s, the streets of Baltimore were crime ridden. For poor kids from the housing projects, the future looked bleak. But basketball could provide the quickest ticket out, an opportunity to earn a college scholarship and perhaps even play in the NBA.Dunbar High School had one of the most successful basketball programs in the country; in the early 1980s, the Dunbar Poets were arguably the best high school team of all time. Four starting playersMuggsy Bogues, Reggie Williams, David Wingate, and Reggie Lewiswould eventually play in the NBA, an unheardof success rate. In The Boys of Dunbar, Alejandro Danois revisits the 19811982 season with the Poets as the team conquered all its opponents. But more than that, he takes us into the lives of these kids, and especially of Coach Bob Wade, a former NFL player from the same neighborhood who knew that the basketball court, and the lessons his players would learn there, held the key to the future.[Danois] tale of the basketball exploits of a handful of high school students in the 1980s shows young men motivated by their coach and other recreation leaders to dream beyond the hardship of their geography (Bijan C. Bayne, The Washington Post). Inspirational stories can be found everywhere in highschool sports, but Dunbar and its legendary coach, Bob Wade, stand out (Booklist). The Boys of Dunbar will leave you cheering every victory.
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