The Great Black Hope

The Great Black Hope is my debut nonfiction book. It's a true story! 

Tony is an African-American high school student and stand-out high school football player on track to participate in college football and, possibly, the NFL. Tony and his older brother learned the social dynamics of surviving on the inner city streets , while fostering their love for football. Then, when his brother and best friend went away to college on a football scholarship, Tony finds himself alone. He falls into a deep, life threatening depression when faced with the fact that he is illiterate ; he may never graduate from high school and realize his dream of a career in the NFL. Follow Tony's plight from utter despair to a life full of hope and personal victories when he asks a Science teacher to teach him to read. God challenges the teacher to choose: Tony's life or her career. She chooses Tony's life and many miraculous occurrences intercede in Tony's life to pave the way to his victory!