Sloane Leong's graphic novel centers around five key players in a struggling girls’ basketball team
, is part-coming of age story, part-sports drama, and part-YA relationship story. It’s also, thanks to writer/artist Sloane Leong, one of the most visually arresting graphic novels of the year.The book centers around five key players in a struggling girls’ basketball team, with the relationship between Ren and Luna in the foreground, as they attempt to rebuild their friendship after an intense summer cut short by family illness.
is my attempt at sharing the thrill, pain and glory of being a young woman of color growing up in a world that has no stake in your future,” Leong told. “I also wanted to fill the void of representation I saw in YA coming of age comics that didn’t address what its like growing up with cultural traditions, large extended families, dealing with mental illness as a PoC and fallout from colonization.
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