What is the theme of summer ball by Mike Lupica?
The main theme of this book is determination and courage. Danny shows determination and courage by playing his hardest and not letting his size bring him down. It took a lot of courage for Danny to keep his head in the game and play hard against kids that were twice as big as he was and to never give up.
What is the falling action of summer ball?
The falling action occurred when Danny started to enjoy his basketball camp again. Danny’s team went on to win the championship. The book also included many characters. It contained many main characters that were very interesting and changed throughout the story.
What is the genre of summer ball by Mike Lupica?
Fiction
Basketball story
Summer Ball/Genres
What is the summary of summer ball?
Summer Ball by Mike Lupica is a coming of age novel of particular interest to young boys. It follows 13-year-old 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.
What is the setting of summer ball by Mike Lupica?
Setting. The story starts in Danny’s home town where he lives which is Middletown, long island. The setting takes place at a Basketball camp near a lake in Cedarville, Main for the most of the story. Danny spends most of his time on the basketball court.
What happens in the book travel team?
Travel Team is a young adult novel by columnist Mike Lupica, about a boy named Danny Walker who is cut from his travel basketball team because of his short stature, so his father Richie responds by forming a new travel team made up of players who were cut or did not try out.
What is the resolution of summer ball?
The resolution of this book is Danny and his basketball team makes the champoinship match against Lamar’s team. Danny does end up winning the champion.
What year does summer ball take place?
Overview. In Mike Lupica’s Summer Ball, published in 2007, 13-year-old Danny Walker heads to an elite basketball summer camp called Right Way. Here, he will match his nationally-recognized skills against some of the best young basketball players in the country.
What is the climax of Travel Team?
Climax. So his dad makes his own basketball team with his son and the kids that got cut from the other select team because he believes that everyone should have a second chance.
What is the genre of the book Travel Team?
Novel
Travel Team/Genres
How does the book travel team end?
Ty has found that spending time with the Warriors is actually more fun for him that being with the Vikings. In part, because of plays that Ty makes up for the Warriors, the team wins the game.
What is the plot of travel team by Mike Lupica?