The Wizenard Series: Training Camp

Age range 10+

THE GAME WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.

Magic doesn't seem possible for the West Bottom Badgers. They're the lowest-rankedbasketball team in their league, and they live in the poorest neighborhood in Dren.Nobody expects them to succeed at anything. Plus, every kid on the team has secretstruggles of his own.When a new coach named Professor Wizenard arrives on the first day of trainingcamp, the Badgers can't explain the magical-seeming things they see and hear. Everyplayer experiences unique and strange visions - visions that challenge everything theythought they knew about basketball, and about their lives and their secrets off thecourt. To survive the increasingly intense ordeals of training, the Badgers will need totake unimaginable risks, learn to trust their teammates, and confront the darknesswithin themselves.

'The novel is unusual in structure and plot as readers experience the same incidents portrayed through different perspectives, each revealing another layer of the story...Solid, authentic basketball action with plenty of food for thought, coloured with elements of fantasy.' - Kirkus

“"The novel is unusual in structure and plot as readers experience the same incidents portrayed through different perspectives, each revealing another layer of the story . . . . Solid, authentic basketball action with plenty of food for thought, colored with elements of fantasy."-- Kirkus”

"The novel is unusual in structure and plot as readers experience the same incidents portrayed through different perspectives, each revealing another layer of the story . . . . Solid, authentic basketball action with plenty of food for thought, colored with elements of fantasy."—Kirkus

“The Wizenard is an achievement—not only because it’s a good novel; not only because it merges the world of wizardry and sport deftly. It is an achievement because it teaches that magic and basketball aren’t binary, not in fiction and not in reality. …Every young person who picks up a ball, or a book, or even a wand, should pick up The Wizenard Series: Training Camp to be fans and teammates of this standout rookie.”—Nikko Ramos, Fully Booked Online.com

“Every kid who reads [The Wizenard Series: Training Camp] will imagine they are one of the lucky five young hoopsters—Rain, Twig, Cash, Lab, and Peno—who benefit from the teachings of the master.”—2paragraphs.com

Kobe Bryant was an Academy Award winner, a New York Times best-selling author, and the CEO of Granity Studios, a multimedia content creation company. He was also a five-time NBA champion, two-time NBA Finals MVP, NBA MVP, and two-time Olympic gold medalist. Above all else, he was a loving husband and a doting father to four girls. In everything he built, Kobe was driven to teach the next generation how to reach their full potential. He believed in the beauty of the process, in the strength that comes from inner magic, and in achieving the impossible. His legacy continues today.

Wesley King is the New York Times best-selling author author of eleven novels, including The Wizenard Series: Training Camp, OCDaniel, the Vindico series, and A World Below. His books have been optioned for film and television and translated for release worldwide. Besides writing, he is working on a circumnavigation on a 1967 sailboat. You can follow him on Instagram @wesleykingauthor or on Twitter @WesleyTKing.

Age range 10+ THE GAME WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. Magic doesn't seem possible for the West Bottom Badgers. They're the lowest-rankedbasketball team in their league, and they live in the poorest neighborhood in Dren.Nobody expects them to succeed at anything. Plus, every kid on the team has secretstruggles of his own.When a new coach named Professor Wizenard arrives on the first day of trainingcamp, the Badgers can't explain the magical-seeming things they see and hear. Everyplayer experiences unique and strange visions -- visions that challenge everything theythought they knew about basketball, and about their lives and their secrets off thecourt. To survive the increasingly intense ordeals of training, the Badgers will need totake unimaginable risks, learn to trust their teammates, and confront the darknesswithin themselves. 'The novel is unusual in structure and plot as readers experience the same incidents portrayed through different perspectives, each revealing another layer of the story...Solid, authentic basketball action with plenty of food for thought, coloured with elements of fantasy.' -- Kirkus

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