Name: Boom Town
Rating: 4.70 (2 reviews)
Author: Sam Anderson

Sam Anderson's debut book about the Oklahoma City Thunder, a basketball team based in the city he calls home, is smart, engaging, and perfectly paced.  Oklahoma City was born from chaos, and so was the Thunder.  The most dramatic moment of the team's 2012-13 season happened when general manager Sam Presti traded James Harden to Houston just days before the first game of the season. 

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