This Was Never About Basketball (The Zeke Archer Basketball Trilogy)

In this coming-of-age novel, seventeen-year-old high school basketball star Ezekiel €œZeke€ Archer has it all: a sweet jump shot, a full-ride scholarship to a Midwestern basketball powerhouse, and the brightest future. But when Zeke€s temper gets the better of him in the city championship, he is expelled from school, has to forfeit his scholarship, and is left to ponder his once-hopeful future.While finishing his final high school days in the California educational system€s version of purgatory, Zeke makes a stunning discovery. With the help of a young autistic classmate Zeke befriends, he learns that the mysterious 7th Dimension, which brought basketball to Earth more than a century ago, has decided to take the game away for good €" all because of the ugly event Zeke set into motion in his final game!As he embarks on the ultimate cross-country road trip to save basketball, Zeke must confront his unsettled past €" including a father he€s not heard from in years and a brother fighting in a war half a world away €" in order to set his life on the right path and rescue the game he loves.