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Brothers on three : a true story of family, resistance, and hope on a reservation in Montana / Abe Streep.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Celadon Books, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: First editionDescription: 349 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781250210685
  • 1250210682
  • 9781250210692
Subject(s):
Contents:
Prologue: I'll be there -- We just know -- They're following you -- We need her -- This crazy feeling of infinity -- Keep up -- Never do it for yourself -- Almost exactly the same -- He didn't like to go far -- A brutal truth -- Who's tired? -- This is the right now -- Why do you care what other people think? -- It's not by accident -- How can it be business? -- Should we smile? -- A perfect world -- As good as your word -- It if could just be this -- It can also break your heart -- "Love you" on three -- The cracks -- The singing -- Home -- Must be the new shoes -- Where it all began -- Where we're gonna be -- Epilogue: We're still playing.
Summary: "From journalist Abe Streep, the story of coming of age on a reservation in the American West and a team uniting a community March 11, 2017, was a night to remember: in front of the hopeful eyes of thousands of friends, family members, and fans, the Arlee Warriors would finally bring the high school basketball state championship title home to the Flathead Indian Reservation. The game would become the stuff of legend, with the boys revered as local heroes. The team's place in Montana history was now cemented, but for starters Will Mesteth, Jr. and Phillip Malatare, life would keep moving on-senior year was only just beginning. In Brothers on Three, we follow Phil and Will, along with their teammates, coaches, and families, as they balance the pressures of adolescence, shoulder the dreams of their community, and chart their own individual courses for the future. Brothers on Three is not simply a story about high school basketball, about state championships and a winning team. It is a book about community, and it is about boys on the cusp of adulthood, finding their way through the intersecting worlds they inhabit and forging their own paths to personhood"-- Provided by publisher.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 306.8509 S914 Available 33111010562508
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

**Winner of the 2021 Montana Book Award**
**Winner of the 2021 New Mexico-Arizona General Nonfiction Book Award**
**Finalist for the Spur Award for Best Contemporary Nonfiction**
**A New York Times Editors' Choice Pick**

"A heart-stomping, heart-stopping read. Unsentimental. Unforgettable. Astonishing. Brothers on Three captures the roar of a community spirit powered by blood history, loyalty, and ferocious love."
--Debra Magpie Earling, author of Perma Red

From journalist Abe Streep, a story of coming-of-age on a reservation in the American West and a team uniting a community

March 11, 2017, was a night to remember: in front of the hopeful eyes of thousands of friends, family members, and fans, the Arlee Warriors would finally bring the high school basketball state championship title home to the Flathead Indian Reservation. The game would become the stuff of legend, with the boys revered as local heroes. The team's place in Montana history was now cemented, but for starters Will Mesteth, Jr. and Phillip Malatare, life would keep moving on--senior year was just beginning.

In Brothers on Three , we follow Phil and Will, along with their teammates, coaches, and families, as they balance the pressures of adolescence, shoulder the dreams of their community, and chart their own individual courses for the future.

Brothers on Three is not simply a story about high school basketball, state championships, and a winning team. It is a book about community, and it is about boys on the cusp of adulthood finding their way through the intersecting worlds they inhabit and forging their own paths to personhood.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-349).

Prologue: I'll be there -- We just know -- They're following you -- We need her -- This crazy feeling of infinity -- Keep up -- Never do it for yourself -- Almost exactly the same -- He didn't like to go far -- A brutal truth -- Who's tired? -- This is the right now -- Why do you care what other people think? -- It's not by accident -- How can it be business? -- Should we smile? -- A perfect world -- As good as your word -- It if could just be this -- It can also break your heart -- "Love you" on three -- The cracks -- The singing -- Home -- Must be the new shoes -- Where it all began -- Where we're gonna be -- Epilogue: We're still playing.

"From journalist Abe Streep, the story of coming of age on a reservation in the American West and a team uniting a community March 11, 2017, was a night to remember: in front of the hopeful eyes of thousands of friends, family members, and fans, the Arlee Warriors would finally bring the high school basketball state championship title home to the Flathead Indian Reservation. The game would become the stuff of legend, with the boys revered as local heroes. The team's place in Montana history was now cemented, but for starters Will Mesteth, Jr. and Phillip Malatare, life would keep moving on-senior year was only just beginning. In Brothers on Three, we follow Phil and Will, along with their teammates, coaches, and families, as they balance the pressures of adolescence, shoulder the dreams of their community, and chart their own individual courses for the future. Brothers on Three is not simply a story about high school basketball, about state championships and a winning team. It is a book about community, and it is about boys on the cusp of adulthood, finding their way through the intersecting worlds they inhabit and forging their own paths to personhood"-- Provided by publisher.

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