<p>All Alex has ever wanted is a quiet life. But between losing his mother, teachers that just can't speak kindly, and classes that never teach him, he finds it hard to achieve his dreams.</p><p>Alex then discovers basketball, a window into a better life, the key to the locked door.</p><p>However, tragedies keep him back from becoming who he really is: a boy who will always find himself in the most dire of circumstances, but will overcome them like everything else in his life.</p>