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Hardcover. Autographed. 372 pages.

In February 2002, high school junior and two-time state champion LeBron James, an Ohio wonder on the cusp of national stardom, appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated with the words "The Chosen One."

Basketball would never be the same again.

And yet, a coach and his team of relative unknowns at St. Bernard Roger Bacon, a Catholic high school in Cincinnati, didn't seem to notice. A little over a month later, Roger Bacon faced LeBron and seemingly invincible Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary in perhaps the most highly anticipated state final in Ohio history.

Basketball would never be the same again.

The Chosen Ones: The Team That Beat LeBron tells the untold story of struggle and triumph, of setback and success, of tragedy and redemption, of the only Ohio prep basketball team to ever beat LeBron James. With honesty and humanity, first-time author Tony Meale reveals how a group of teammates, driven by their coach, forged a brotherhood and fearlessness that produced one of the most inspiring underdog stories the sports world has ever witnessed.