Author: Jr. Calvin W. Maxwell Retail Price: $15.49 Our Price: $15.49
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In American Pool Player, by Calvin W. Maxwell Jr., readers will follow Grice Grafton as he starts a new journey at Northside High School. . .it is September 1984. Grice thought he knew everything he needed to know to survive the world, as he was told years ago by his pool-playing mentor, Mr. Evans. Mr. Evans told Grice that, 'Life is Pool', and he believed him. Grice learns more than he could imagine when his loyalty to his childhood pulls him into a pool match with a ruthless thug named Dragon. As Grice prepares for the match, his views on race relations; his perception of his longtime friend, Brenda; his relationship with his father; his faith; and even his dreams are tested. These first few days of high school will ruin his world. . . forever. Paperback, 168 pages.
