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Book Reviews of Hoops
Book Review: Hoops
Summary: 4 Stars
Hoops by Walter Dean Myers is a good book . This is my second book that I have read once again i really enjoyed the book . I think this book is for every body that could relat to Lonnie in the book, not just for basketball players , Lonnie the main character in the book hoops is a average teen age boy in a urban city who goes through the same things as the other teenagers are facing , such as drugs and voilence . Lonnie is part of a basketball team were he is the best player on the team . If lonnie keeps working at it and doesn't let money get to him, as his coach Cal say's he thinks Lonnie can make it to the NBA.In the book Lonnie also goes through similar things as other teenage boys go through like problems with his mom and some with his girl . If you read the book you will find out he loves a girl named Mary Ann but he doesn't want to tell her , because he has known her so long but as they got older they begin to like eachother .
Towards the end of the book it gets really tense...
Book Review: Hoops
Summary: 4 Stars
The story of choice is Hoops. This story is a story about a young man named Lonnie who has the ambition to become a professional basketball player. Lonnie finds out that his coach cal was a professional basketball player just a few years ago. Cal dedicates his time to help Lonnie pursue his child hood goal. Lonnie's best friend Paul who played on the same team as Lonnie was in some trouble with a known hustler by the name of Tyrone, where he was later forced into working for him illegally. MaryAnn, who was Paul's younger sister, and who had worked for Tyrone begin to receive feelings for Lonnie and later becoming his girl friend. This story started out at a fast paste with Lonnie talking about his relationship with both his mother and his father. During the middle of the story it tends to slow down a little, but then the paste of the story speeds back up towards the last three chapters. Towards the end of the story cal goes to jail and Lonnie had to find a way to get the bail money in order to get him out. Marry Ann. Steels the money needed from Tyrone. Tyrone notices that he is missing some money and figures out were it went, and then punishes marry ann. by overdosing her with an illegal substance. The basketball team wins the final game and Lonnie scored the wining basket. Lonnie and cal fell into it with Tyrone and his bodyguard, and cal wounds up getting stabbed by Tyrone. This book was interested at times. I would recommend any one who has the ambition not to just become a basketball player but to become anything.Book Review: Hoops
Summary: 4 Stars
The story of an untapped talent in the ghetto of the Harlem. Hoops is the story of Lonnie Jackson a basketball player with unlimited potential but lack of guidance and motivation. The strengths of the book are the easy relatable human themes. The book had no visable weaknesses it was a "page-turn". The book was short but Mr.Myers gave the reader plenty of in-sight into the depths of the charachters. I beleive that all people would enjoy this book, although athletic males would relate more easily. I enjoyed the story very much so, me and Lonnie are not that far apart in charachter. We both have the same intrests and mind-set. He, too is a young African American male with no real male role-model in his life and the frustrations of the world are beginning to take there toll on Lonnie...enter Cal an ex- NBA star washed up due to gambling problems. The basic plot of the story is Lonnie, the main charachter off the story, has all the talent in the world, but has no idea how to use that to help himself. Cal is the mentor who is going to introduce Lonnie to the cold harsh world, and believe in the Harlem Ghetto it's the coldest and harshest. Throught the story Cal teaches Lonnnie and the rest of the team through basketball that life has no limits if you know how to make it work for you. In the tournament the team is the best and using the life lessons (not the basketball) lessons they overcome the adversaries to win the tournament and beat the "world" at its own game. Cal dies and Lonnie finally is ready to be an adult in the world.Book Review: Hoops
Summary: 4 Stars
Hoops is a good book. I thought it had some writing for older kids, though. Some parts were more for teens than preteens. There was some drinking and some black and white stuff and even some killing. It was good because it had a lot of basketball related parts. It had a lot of skills that I wish I could do. I like how at the end the coach who had had a bad reputation to gamble puts in the star player and at the end and they win. It shows a lot of character on the coach's part because he rose above his fear and overcame his gambling side with his basketball side. Hoops is about a kid named Lonny Jackson who is playing in a basketball tournament with his teammates and friends. He finds out that he is going to be coached by a guy named Cal who was formally a pro basketball player. Cal's nickname was "Spider" Jones. He was an excellent player. He was also a gambler. He gambled so much he would lose on purpose, or if they were winning by 5 with two seconds left he would let the guy around him and score and only win by three. It happens as if Cal "throws his game away." He enters a team in "The Tournament of Champions." As the championship game nears Cal starts the betting. The game is close and Lonny has not played because supposedly he has a hurt foot. As the clock ticks down to 5 minutes, Tyrone, the other gambler makes his bet. Cal sees this and puts in Lonny. Lonny lightes up the team and scores . He makes a steal . He is all over the court. With 10 seconds to go the score is tied. He takes the ball down the court and fakes out 1 guy. He runs into the lane and dishes to a teammate under the basket he shoots and, and ...Read Hoops
Book Review: Hoops
Summary: 5 Stars
The book i read is called HOOPS by Walter Dean Myers. HOOPS is a good book about a boy named Lonnie trying to get to the NBA. It shows how difficult it is to get to the NBA. I think you should read HOOPS because it will give you knowledge of what you have to go thruogh to get to the NBA. Hoops is for all basketball lovers. If you want to learn more about HOOPS then read the book.