Follows the life of Brandon P. Fleming, and African American man who grew up in an abusive home and survived American public school by virtue of his basketball skills. However, at his Division I school, Fleming suffered a sports-career-ending injury, had to drop out, and turned to drug dealing as a means of supporting himself, and nearly ended his own life. After his life was spared, Fleming decided to reinvent himself as a scholar, and now teaches at Harvard University.
Content Note
Golden ticket -- The devil preaches -- Middle school menace -- Drugs & hoop dreams -- Sex & death threats -- Fouling out -- Renaissance in me -- The great debator -- A teacher born -- A leader born -- Dreams come true -- Scholarship meets culture -- Epilogue.