Even so, I don't agree with the path he took in addressing it in a too-softball kind of way, which made the accusation seem trivial at best and a wrongful blemish on a good coach's name at worst. Yang pulls his indecision about how to deal with this in the book to the forefront, and even breaks the fourth wall to speak directly to the reader about this struggle. The one thing that bothered me was Yang's treatment of the school's former basketball coach, who is famous both for being one of the most successful coaches in California history and for being accused of molesting a student. His other comics works include Secret Coders (with Mike Holmes), The Shadow Hero (with Sonny Liew), as well as Superman Smashes the Klan and the Avatar: The Last Airbender series (both with Gurihiru).

Overall I enjoyed this one, which is saying something since I don't really like sports or books about sports. His nonfiction graphic novel Dragon Hoops received an Eisner Award and a Printz honor. Yang also includes back stories for the high school students on the team and the head coach, and frames it all in a narrative about his own journey as a comics writer tackling a subject he didn't really know much about all while trying to negotiate a balance between writing, teaching, and home life. It's more than that, though, too: it's a brief history of the game, including how and when both women and black players were admitted to the sport. A non-fiction graphic novel about a California high school basketball team trying to make it to state finals and win.

Dragon hoops paperback