A William C. Morris Award Winner
A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
A Cooperative Children's Book Center Choice
An American Indian Youth Literature Award Honor Book
One of Book Riot's Best Children's Books
These days, Tre Brun is happiest when he is playing basketball on the Red Lake Reservation high school team - even though he can't help but be constantly gut-punched with memories of his big brother, Jaxon, who died in an accident. When Jaxon's former teammates on the varsity team offer to take Tre under their wing, he sees this as his shot to represent his Ojibwe rez all the way to their first state championship. But stepping into his brother's shoes as a star player means that Tre can't mess up. After decades of rez teams almost making it, Tre needs to take his team to state. Because if he can live up to Jaxon's dreams, their story isn't over yet.