Playing Without The Ball

Description for PLAYING WITHOUT THE BALL by Rich Wallace:

Some might think Jay was cheated. By his mother, who walked out when he was 9. By his dad, who took a job a couple thousand miles away and let him stay above a bar in a one-room apartment. By the basketball coach, who saw his talent but chose youth over determination. And even Jay?ÇÖs not sure whether this last year of high school in the small town of Sturbridge, Pennsylvania, will add up to anything. But just when senior year seems a waste?Çôkissing the wrong girls, offending the right ones, playing basketball on a church league with other ?ǣrejects?ǥ?Çôlife begins to click again. The church league gives him some of the best basketball he?ÇÖs ever played, and the right girl gives him a second chance. Jay may not know what he wants next out of life, but he?ÇÖs beginning to get a clue about how to play the game.