Summer Ball

One of the best sports books written its very good at relating to a small player and the challenges he had to overcome even if you aren’t a basketball fan I would recommend this book to anybody. Outstanding job Mike Lupica

This book was awesome I also really liked the first book to this series Travel Team. I really like the character Danny walker because he is always having to deal with these kids and he does it and that’s why I liked this book.

I really liked how the characters were really different but you could connect with all of them and also the setting of the book is just amazing and the story in general is great

The start of the book was boring. But as soon as he reaches Right Way camp I couldn’t put the book down. From the ups and down I felt like I was right there next to Danny even when the hardest problems came time to face like Lamar and his Coach, Coach Powers. A great amazing story written by Mike Lupica.

Mike Lupica writes another great book called “Summer Ball”. Thirteen year old Danny is going to a basketball camp called The Wright Way. But, before Danny left he had some trouble with Tess. He had gotten upset that she had been spending so much time with Mr. Perfect according to Danny. When Danny gets to camp everything starts to go wrong. First he couldn’t bunk with Ty, Will, and Tarik. Then he had to go bunk with the eleven and twelve year olds. A little later Danny runs into Rasheed (the kid that Danny played against in the championship game last year. (Also the kid he “flopped” on according to his friends) ). The next day Danny and his friends were put into teams. Danny, Will and Tarik were put on the same team but Rasheed was on the team too. When Danny got to the court where his team was supposed to practice it only got worse. Danny’s coach was Ed Powers, the guy that Danny’s dad could have played for instead of Syracuse. “Did your dad ever tell you the story about how he turned me down and went to Syracuse instead” (Pg. 53) .So right away Danny knew this was going to be one bad summer. After days of practices and games, it was time for the tournament. They beat the Bulls in the first round of the play-offs. In the second round Danny’s team beat Ty’s to get to the championship game on Saturday against Lamar. Will Danny’s team beat Lamar’s team and become champions? Will Danny actually have a fun summer? I recommend this book to anyone who has read the first the book and anyone from 6th grade and up. Also, for twelve year olds and up too.