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Wrong Side of the Court

By H.N. Khan

By H.N. Khan

By H.N. Khan

By H.N. Khan

By H.N. Khan

By H.N. Khan

By H.N. Khan
Read by Raoul Bhaneja

By H.N. Khan
Read by Raoul Bhaneja

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Feb 07, 2023 | ISBN 9780735270893 | Young Adult

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Mar 15, 2022 | ISBN 9780735270879 | Young Adult

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Mar 15, 2022 | 512 Minutes

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    About Wrong Side of the Court

    Fifteen-year-old Fawad has big dreams about being the world’s first Pakistani to be drafted into the NBA. A first-generation Pakistani coming-of-age story for fans of David Yoon and Ben Philippe.

    Fifteen-year-old Fawad Chaudhry loves two things: basketball and his mother’s potato and ground beef stuffed parathas. Both are round and both help him forget about things like his father, who died two years ago, his mother’s desire to arrange a marriage to his first cousin, Nusrat, back home in Pakistan, and the tiny apartment in Regent Park he shares with his mom and sister. Not to mention his estranged best friend Yousuf, who’s coping with the shooting death of his older brother.
     
    But Fawad has plans: like, asking out Ashley, even though she lives on the other, wealthier side of the tracks, and saving his friend Arif from being beaten into a pulp for being the school flirt, and making the school basketball team and dreaming of being the world’s first Pakistani to be drafted into the NBA. All he has to do now is convince his mother to let him try out for the basketball team. And let him date girls from his school. Not to mention somehow get Omar, the neighborhood bully, to leave him alone . . . 

    About Wrong Side of the Court

    Fifteen-year-old Fawad has big dreams about being the world’s first Pakistani to be drafted into the NBA. A first-generation Pakistani coming-of-age story for fans of David Yoon and Ben Philippe.

    Fifteen-year-old Fawad Chaudhry loves two things: basketball and his mother’s potato and ground beef stuffed parathas. Both are round and both help him forget about things like his father, who died two years ago, his mother’s desire to arrange a marriage to his first cousin, Nusrat, back home in Pakistan, and the tiny apartment in Regent Park he shares with his mom and sister. Not to mention his estranged best friend Yousuf, who’s coping with the shooting death of his older brother.
     
    But Fawad has plans: like, asking out Ashley, even though she lives on the other, wealthier side of the tracks, and saving his friend Arif from being beaten into a pulp for being the school flirt, and making the school basketball team and dreaming of being the world’s first Pakistani to be drafted into the NBA. All he has to do now is convince his mother to let him try out for the basketball team. And let him date girls from his school. Not to mention somehow get Omar, the neighborhood bully, to leave him alone . . . 
     

    About Wrong Side of the Court

    Fifteen-year-old Fawad has big dreams about being the world’s first Pakistani to be drafted into the NBA. A first-generation Pakistani coming-of-age story for fans of David Yoon and Ben Philippe.

    Fifteen-year-old Fawad Chaudhry loves two things: basketball and his mother’s potato and ground beef stuffed parathas. Both are round and both help him forget about things like his father, who died two years ago, his mother’s desire to arrange a marriage to his first cousin, Nusrat, back home in Pakistan, and the tiny apartment in Regent Park he shares with his mom and sister. Not to mention his estranged best friend Yousuf, who’s coping with the shooting death of his older brother.
     
    But Fawad has plans: like, asking out Ashley, even though she lives on the other, wealthier side of the tracks, and saving his friend Arif from being beaten into a pulp for being the school flirt, and making the school basketball team and dreaming of being the world’s first Pakistani to be drafted into the NBA. All he has to do now is convince his mother to let him try out for the basketball team. And let him date girls from his school. Not to mention somehow get Omar, the neighborhood bully, to leave him alone . . . 
     

    About Wrong Side of the Court

    Fifteen-year-old Fawad has big dreams about being the world’s first Pakistani to be drafted into the NBA. A first-generation Pakistani coming-of-age story for fans of David Yoon and Ben Philippe.

    Fifteen-year-old Fawad Chaudhry loves two things: basketball and his mother’s potato and ground beef stuffed parathas. Both are round and both help him forget about things like his father, who died two years ago, his mother’s desire to arrange a marriage to his first cousin, Nusrat, back home in Pakistan, and the tiny apartment in Regent Park he shares with his mom and sister. Not to mention his estranged best friend Yousuf, who’s coping with the shooting death of his older brother.
     
    But Fawad has plans: like, asking out Ashley, even though she lives on the other, wealthier side of the tracks, and saving his friend Arif from being beaten into a pulp for being the school flirt, and making the school basketball team and dreaming of being the world’s first Pakistani to be drafted into the NBA. All he has to do now is convince his mother to let him try out for the basketball team. And let him date girls from his school. Not to mention somehow get Omar, the neighborhood bully, to leave him alone . . . 
     

    About H.N. Khan

    H.N. KHAN is a first-time author. Born in Pakistan, he immigrated to Canada at age seven and grew up in Regent Park, a low-income community housing project. After graduating with a business degree he decided to drop out of law… More about H.N. Khan

    About H.N. Khan

    H.N. KHAN is a first-time author. Born in Pakistan, he immigrated to Canada at age seven and grew up in Regent Park, a low-income community housing project. After graduating with a business degree he decided to drop out of law… More about H.N. Khan

    About H.N. Khan

    H.N. KHAN is a first-time author. Born in Pakistan, he immigrated to Canada at age seven and grew up in Regent Park, a low-income community housing project. After graduating with a business degree he decided to drop out of law… More about H.N. Khan

    About H.N. Khan

    H.N. KHAN is a first-time author. Born in Pakistan, he immigrated to Canada at age seven and grew up in Regent Park, a low-income community housing project. After graduating with a business degree he decided to drop out of law… More about H.N. Khan

    Product Details

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues

    Paperback | $10.99
    Published by Tundra Books
    Feb 07, 2023 | 320 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780735270893

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues

    Hardcover | $17.99
    Published by Penguin Teen Canada
    Mar 15, 2022 | 312 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780735270879

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues

    Ebook | $8.99
    Published by Penguin Teen Canada
    Mar 15, 2022 | 288 Pages | Young Adult | ISBN 9780735270886

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $17.99
    Published by Penguin Teen Canada
    Mar 15, 2022 | 512 Minutes | ISBN 9781774881354

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    Praise

    One of CCBC’s Best Books for Kids & Teens (Fall 2022)

    “. . . Wrong Side of the Court is finely crafted and well paced, it’s hard to believe it’s [Khan’s] literary debut. . . . The writing is crisp and visual, and the story is so well fleshed out.” —STARRED REVIEW, Quill & Quire

    “An interesting and heartfelt portrait of a teen yearning to beat the odds.” —Kirkus Reviews

    “I loved the vivid portrayal of Regent park, the nuanced depiction of intergenerational tension, and the rich representation of diversity. And the complex portrayal of male friendships! These young men trash talk and nurture each other as they try to survive their environment with their dreams — and their lives — intact.”  —Toronto Public Library

    Awards

    White Pine Award NOMINEE 2023

    OLA Best Bets for Young Adult Fiction HONOR 2023

    Amy Mathers Teen Book Award SHORTLIST 2023

    Snow Willow Award SHORTLIST 2024

    The Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence – Best Juvenile or YA Crime Book SHORTLIST 2023

    Toronto Book Award SHORTLIST 2022

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