Summer Ball
By: Dillon Arndt
Author/Theme
Mike Lupica/ Sports
Summary
Danny is one of the best basketball players around. He is going to Right Way basketball camp this summer and he knows that good talent will be there. He also knows the best players around the country we be at this camp. That means he has to step up his game to try to be the best. Will he be good enough?
Danny Walker
- Short Basketball player
- Really good for his basketball team
- Not as strong as everyone else
Quotes In The Book
“Needs work,dog”
“He just plain forgot what he loved about this game in the first place.”
“Winning the championship, that’s what you came here for,”
Setting/Symbol/Purpose/Change
SETTING: At a basketball camp called Camp Right Away
SYMBOL: The symbol I chose for this book is a basketball and why because he loves the game his at a camp.
PURPOSE: And the purpose for writing this book was for his wife and his children
CHANGE: And for something I would change in this book is when he got hurt at the basketball camp and couldn't play for a while
Character and I
The character and I are the same in some ways like we both like basketball and are leaders and try to improve on basketball. And we are different like he is more like a shooting guard and i'm a point guard.
Somewhere Else
He would of never got hurt or be abel to see his friends and his girlfriend and would of never fell in the lake when he was trying to see his girlfriend.
Compare to last book
I think my last book I read that was Million Dollar Throw was a little better just because I could understand more and it felt like I was in the story. And with this book It didn't pull me in like that book.
Citations
"Summer Ball Paperback – May 15, 2008." Summer Ball: Mike Lupica: 9780142411537: Amazon.com: Books. Web. 18 Dec. 2015.
"Summer Ball Paperback – May 15, 2008." Summer Ball: Mike Lupica: 9780142411537: Amazon.com: Books. Web. 18 Dec. 2015.
"CongressMiddle School." Home. Web. 18 Dec. 2015.