Marcus is the latest star at an athletically prestigious Baltimore high school. In the fall, he starts at running back on the varsity football team and in the winter, he starts at shooting guard for the varsity basketball team. He has his pick of a Division I scholarship in either of the two sports. But when Marcus gets in a bad fight with a white player at a preseason basketball tournament, racial tensions start to run high. Will Marcus be consumed by his anger? Baltimore is a book from Hoop City, an EPIC Press six set series. Some titles may contain explicit content and/or language. Reviewed Welcome to inner city high school basketball, a competitive world of great athletes and dreams of NBA stardom. A world where talent and expectations mix with youth, money, girls, and the distractions of city life, to create an explosive cocktail. After all, the bright lights up ahead can be blinding, and the business of ballin' gets ugly and dirty in a hurry. Six high school hoops teams. Six American cities. Six bumpy roads to the promised land. Hoop City is a six book series from EPIC Press. Some titles may contain explicit content and/or language.
