Basketball Dreams: Hoop Dreams

By Joshua R.

I have the read the book Hoop Dreams, by Ben Joravsky. This is a nonfiction book on two young basketball players' stories. Arthur Agee and William gates are two young men that grew up on the West Side of Chicago. Both are outstanding basketball players with tons of unlocked potential. While both have the same dream of achieving the NBA they later realize what really matters in life. This is an inspirational story of the basketball careers of Arthur and William.

The book was interesting. The story changed perspective often (from Arthur to William), however the transition worked well and the book seemed to flow easily. The characters and their surrounding family were described in detail with sections describing each one. The dialog worked well, and overall the book seemed to be well produced. However, there were some grammatical errors and mistakes in the book that was obviously not intentional.

I would highly recommend this book to any basketball player. However, I would not go much farther than that. While the story is inspirational it contained a lot of historical references and facts that would only be suitable for basketball players to read. You can find this book in your school or public readers. There is also a film by the same name Hoop Dreams. Overall I would rate this book a 8/10.