Hoops

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Summary: Hoops
Review: 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.

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Summary: Not bad, not bad at all.....
Review: The story that Walter Dean Myers has created may interest others and it may not inspire attention to somebody else, who does like playing basketball, and that's relative to this book (you'll see what I mean once you read the book). Walter captures my interest with the setting (I like NYC, cities with tall buildings, etc.), with a lot of representation of pictures or an actual movie running in my head. He also catches my attention by describing the mystery parts of the story, which creates a lot of suspence for me, and for anybody else who reads this book.

Although, one thing I had difficulty with: The fact that Walter used slang language (in quotes) in half of the story, which confused me somewhat. Then, in some parts of the novel, he leaves me with uncertainty that makes reading the rest of the novel a little distorted; hard to link what happened in those parts that were unenlightened and made it underwhelming. Although, the NARRATOR uses understandable language, that can be comprehendable.

Walter certainly did know how to captivate my motivation for this book, and made parts that were really interesting. This may justify to people who may have life that is similar to this, and may tell them a new message, or on the other hand, this is a fair book, that will keep you excited while reading it.

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Summary: Best book I have read in a while.
Review: This book was great and very realistic. It was about a senior in highschool trying to figure out what he wants to do with his life. When he hears about a tournament for basketball he goes and trys out. He goes through many problems with his coach and friends. When his team finally makes it to the finals the pressure is all on him. I won't give the rest of the story away, you will just have to read to find out the what happens.

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Summary: A great mystery
Review: this book was kind of long but exciting if you like sports books.17 year old lonnie Johnson is in a basketball tornament which is supposed to rigged.Lonnie's coach Cal faces having to sit him on the bench. Will he or will he not.

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Summary: The author does a great job making it real.
Review: This is a great book about the difficult choices that high school players have to make when they reach a point. I could never put this book down. The main character Lonnie Jackson is a sweet player with game and girls. He has a hard time because of what goes around outside of basketball like gangs, girls, liquor and other things that make teenagers what they are. I recommend this book to all basketball players because I think that they would be really interested in the book. While reading this book you will learn about the how it was growing up in the streets of Harlem. Trust me, if your looking for a great book that is really exciting this is the book for you.

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Summary: Hoops...
Review: This is my personal favorite. I see that most of the reviews here tell the story so here's what I think of the book. Hoops really takes you into Lonnies world. Some times the book is somewhat slow, telling about how lonnie is just realxing looking out the window at a liquer raid or him talking to his mom and the rest of the time he's playing ball. I love how Walter Dean can bring you into the harlem streets and show you how it is to live in New York.

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Summary: G8 BOOK FOR YOU BASKETBALL FANS!
Review: this was a great book, myers threw in some great twists and i couldnt put it down

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Summary: HOOPS REVIEW
Review: This was a very well writen book, it didn't grab my interest until about the middle but after that, it kept my interest up to the very end. I would recomend hoops to someone who likes basketball and enjoys suspenseful endings.

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Summary: HOOPS
Review: You think your life is tough? Well, look at the life of a teenager growing up in New York City. Walter Dean Meyers takes you to these streets in Hoops.

Lonnie and his friends enter in a basketball tournament. However, to Lonnie's dislike, their coach is a man who he sees drunk a couple nights before the tournament. To his surprise, the coach, Cal, is a former pro basketball player. Ultimately, Cal, Lonnie and the rest of the team overcome many obstacles to win the tournament.

One strength of this book is that it is very suspenseful; after the first few chapters I couldn't put it down. For example, at the end of a chapter it says, "Tomorrow we would play against Boston," and I wanted to find out what happens at the game.

A weakness of this book is that it has a slow beginning, and it takes a while for it to get interesting. The first chapter only talks about what Lonnie's life is like and that is not very interesting.

Hoops is a good book, but part of the reason I enjoy playing basketball. For someone who does not really like or even hates basketball, this book is a bad choice.

I recommend this book to teenagers or preteens because the main characters are all teenagers. If a ten year old reads this book, he may have a hard time understanding the concepts.