Summer ball mike lupica book report

Now dannys leaving middletown for the summer and heading to right way basketball camp, where hes out of his element and maybe out of. Book trailer for summer ball by mike lupica created using animoto. Read summer ball by mike lupica available from rakuten kobo. Summer ball, his follow up to travel team is sure to be another winner with these students, and will surely capture the attention of. To start off, danny is not staying in the same cabin as his friends, and has to stay with a group of kids that are younger than him. The book demonstrated a great plot with many interesting characters, and contained a clear and vivid setting. Here, he will match his nationallyrecognized skills against some of the best young basketball players in the country.

Mike lupica is a prominent sports journalist and the new york times bestselling author of more than 40 works of fiction and nonfiction. Lupica, through this book, tries to explain that irrespective of the difficulties and adversities, one should never ever give up on a dream even if it seems a bit farfetched. Mike lupica books list of books by author mike lupica. Danny is on his way to right way basketball camp for the summer. Danny walker, a thirteen year old boy from a small town known as middletown, attends this. Danny is nervous from the start because even though their travel team ended up winning the championship there. This book is about an eighth grader named danny that is very short. He lives in connecticut with his wife and their four children. Summer ball by mike lupica was very distinguished and an excellent book to read. He also briefly hosted an unsuccessful television chat program, the mike lupica show, on espn2, as well as a shortlived radio show on wfan in new york city in the. This study guide consists of approximately 35 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read summer ball.

I will continue to purchase these books as long as they continue with the desire to read on their own. Book clubs book fairs scholastic education classroom magazines about us. I think this is the theme because danny walker a young teenager goes to a basketball camp and is the smallest kid there. Summer ball by mike lupica abebooks passion for books. The story takes place in cedarville,maine, at a basketball camp called right way. My sons are not big readers but really enjoy reading the mike lupica book series. He ends up going to a basketball camp in maine called right way basketball camp to see how well he can play against other. Parker, he was selected by the parker estate to continue the sunny randall series.

Summer ball by mike lupica have you ever work you butt off for a coach that doesnt respect you and you game. Summer ball, a sequel to travel team, was released in 2007. Mike lupica has written many individual novels such as miracle on 49th street, heat, travel team, and summer ball. Summer ball by mike lupica is a coming of age novel of particular interest to young boys. Miracle on 49th street, paperback by lupica, mike, brand new, free shipping i. When youre the smallest kid playing a big mans game, the c.

It follows yearold danny walker as he attends an elite summer basketball camp in the hope of finding out whether his lack of height will prevent him from being able to play against bigger and stronger players. Chapter 1 summary summer ball begins with the book s protagonist, yearold danny walker, complaining to his parents, ali and richie walker, about his height. Danny doesnt think he is good enough to be in this camp that. Summer ball by mike lupica by george coulson on prezi. Book synopsis danny walker lives in middletown, long island with his parents richie and ali walker, who were recently separated. Summer ball by mike lupica is a book about basketball and playing for a coach that doesnt like you from a kid named dannys past. This means hes going to have to step it up a notch if he wants to match up. This is truly one of the better books of mike lupica and it is no surprise that this novel was a bestseller.

Mike lupica theme a short paragraph about my views of the theme in this story. To start of basketball camp for danny, things do not quite go as he wants them to. The official book website for mike lupica, author of no slame dunk, travel team, heat, the big field, comeback kids, miracle on 49th street, and summer ball. Mike lupica this study guide consists of approximately 35 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of summer ball. Lupica is at his best when he puts the reader right in the center of the action on the court. Danny walker returns in this sequel to the popular travel team 2004.

Summer ball by mike lupica and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. It has a kid in it and they are in mannhatann and he goes to a summer basketball camp so that he can get better at basketball. In this sequel to travel team danny walker and his friends go to a summer camp to play basketball for the summer. In summer ball the theme is never give up on yourself. Created by the colbert report watch the video share. Since 1988 lupica has been one of the rotating pundits on the sports reporters on espn. Grade 58this novel continues the story of danny walker, the basketballobsessed hero of travel team. His travel ball team won the championship in baltimore. Danny think he is not good enough but he keeps trying and becomes really good at it, even better than he was. Danny thinks he is the best, but come to find out there is one other kid. George coulson characters danny richie ty will mom steve rasheed tarik zach coach powers tess lamar introduction danny walker is a really talented basketball player. What is a book summary for summer ball by mike lupica. With old rivals and new battles, dannys left wondering if he really has what it takes. I read this book because i like sports books and the author mike lupica.

Booklist sports fans will relish the oncourt action, expertly rendered in lupica s taut prose. He asks his parents, halfjokingly, when his growth spurt will come. See all books authored by mike lupica, including heat, and travel team, and more on. Danny walker said to his parents, you know that growth spurt you guys have been promising me my whole life. Danny walker lives in middletown, long island with his parents richie and ali walker, who were recently separated. Summer ball by mike lupica, is a book about a young kid named danny walker.

Summer ball by mike lupica mike lupica is a favorite among my students who are sports fans, so i try to pick up as many of his books as i can. The official book website for mike lupica, author of travel team, heat, the big field, comeback kids, miracle on 49th street, and summer ball. Mike lupica is a new york times bestselling author of several books for young readers. Son of a former nba player, danny is considered too short to make it on a championship team, and even his coach suggests soccer as a better match for him. Summer has arrived, and danny, along with will and ty, are going to a basketball. Features 26 chapter summaries and 5 sections of expert analysis. But danny perseveres, goes to basketball camp and suffers abuse at the hands of coach powers and fellow players, until he proves himself, helps forge a viable team and. What is the setting of the summer ball book by mike lupica. When danny walker and a few of his friends decide to sign up for one of the top basketball camps in the nation things dont really turn out as they seem. The book summer ball, by mike lupica, is a terriffic book if you ever get a chance to read it. The climax in the book summer ball is when dannys team makes the finals and lamar parrish a mean kid and everyone else, even his coach are mad at him.