Title: Schooled
Description: There's no backing down for Lionel Shepard. With a dream of joining the NBA, all he wants to do at Bluford High is play Basketball. But everyone's trying to stop him. Bad grades, bad advice from family members and friends. Will he pursue his dream or get caught in a nightmare?

There is no backing down for Lionel Shephard. With a dream of joining the NBA, all he wants to do at Bluford High is play basketball, but everyone is trying to stop him.  The plot contains mild sexual references and violence.
Subjects: Basketball, African American teenage boys, Bluford High School (Imaginary organization), African American high school students, High school students, Fiction, Children's fiction, Students, fiction, Baseball, fiction