Basketball fans both male and female will enjoy Box Out thanks to John Coy's realistic and exciting game action. But there's more! This turns out to be more than just a sports story (not that there's anything wrong with being a sports story).

Box Out is also a story of how a teen deals with peer pressure, and the pressure of small town expectations to go along and not cause trouble. In this instance sophomore Liam deals with the excitement of his rise to the varsity basketball team; then his conflicting emotions when he realizes his coach leads students in prayer and pressures them to participate in religious activities; his plummet from popularity when he quits this team; and his rediscovery of his love of the sport through helping the girls team.