For his next book, acclaimed author and artistGene Luen Yangis looking inward.

Heres the official synopsis: Gene understands stories comic book stories, in particular.

And the hero always wins.

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But Gene doesnt get sports.

As a kid, his friends called him Stick and every basketball game he played ended in pain.

The mens varsity team, the Dragons, is having a phenomenal season thats been decades in the making.

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Each victory brings them closer to their ultimate goal: the California State Championships.

He knows he has to follow this epic to its end.

Yang has shared an exclusive first look atDragon Hoopswith EW.

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Excerpt fromDragon Hoops, by Gene Luen Yang

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