True Legend by Mike Lupica
Sports Fiction; 292 pages
Fifteen-year-old Drew “True” Robinson loves being the best point-guard prospect in high school basketball, but learns the consequences of fame through a former player, as well as through the man who expects to be his manager when True reaches the NBA.
Sam’s review:
Drew Robinson, a junior in high school, has earned the nickname “True” because of his phenomenal talent on the basketball court. Seth Gilbert, a wealthy owner of a prep school in California, has moved Drew and his mother across the country from New York and has given his mother a good job and lavishes Drew with anything he needs, including access to his posh house. Drew possesses plenty of talent and perks but is clueless when it comes to understanding the value of others. When his self-absorbed approach to life, both on and off the court, begins to take a toll, Drew is thrown off balance. Drew also meets a mysterious older man with amazing basketball skills late at night at the local playground court. Getting to know this “playground legend” just as Drew’s own inflated sense of self has been punctured leads to some illuminating plot twists and discoveries. True Legend is not only a riveting basketball book, it is a strong character-driven story of friendship, loyalty, and lessons learned.