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Summary: Danger Zone is A Must Read
Review: "Danger Zone" by David Klass was an excellent book in my point of view. This book was a Thriller, therefore, it was extremely tough to put down, and when I did there was the urge to pick it back up. Because I am an athlete, this piece of literature relates to my life and own self. It is a true favorite of mine. "Danger Zone" is about a high school basketball player, from a small town in Minnesota, his name is Jimmy. He is pretty much the basketball team, and he if offered a spot on a High School Dream Team for a tournament in Italy. He decides to go with the team, and he has to convince the other players on the team he is good enough. The trip to Italy is about the tournament and the complications that arise before him and his team. It was a very intriguing book, and I enjoyed it very much, and I know you will too. Make sure you read until the end because you'll encounter a very dramatic ending. I think David Klass did a wonderful job keeping us on the edge of out seats, and his great suspense ketp out noses deep in the book until the end. He did a superb job on "Danger Zone"
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Summary: An Exciting Idea, but Poorly Written
Review: A basketball team has been assembled to play in an international high school basketball tournament. When the team assembles there are fights because of the tensions of having different races and financial classes joined together. Since the main character, Jimmy, is white and from Minnesota, his black teammates assume that he is rich and unaware of some of their financial problems. Neither is true. Eventually, when they reach the tournament and one player misbehaves, there is a death threat from a German terrorist group. There are two main conflicts. One is the challenge of getting along and playing as a team. The other main conflict is how the team must deal with the death threat they receive and still try to win the tournament. The one problem I had with this book was that, while it started out with realistic dialogue and suspenseful interaction between characters, unfortunately those aspects were lost when (as weird as it may sound) the players began to get along well with each other. The reason for this is that the compliments and encouragement they gave each other were almost too enthusiastic and kind, and their conversations were almost completely predictable. Despite this problem, I recommend this book to anyone who hasn't learned that if you commit yourself to something (especially a team), you must focus and try to not let anything unrelated stop you or distract you. The team was a great example of this. They were multi-racial and had to play under the threat of being killed; both of these lead to almost unsolvable disputes, but they continued to focus and left the tournament with great results.
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Summary: Livin' on the Edge
Review: A Review by Stefan Jimmy Doyle, a seventeen year old from Minnesota, is a supremely skilled basketball player. When two scouts from Los Angeles, California come to talk to Jimmy Doyle about playing in an All National seventeen and under team, he accepts but only after being talked into it by his mother and his girlfriend. The team he plays for actually then goes to play in Europe where all the seventeen and under teams play for the world championship. Along the way, Jimmy makes some good friends, a few enemies while dealing with fear, doubt and concentration. One thing that I love about Danger Zone is that David Klass portrays Jimmy in his home town of Granham, Minnesota as being the hometown basketball "hero". "Doyle, Doyle, Doyle went the sound of the bleachers as we walked onto the court for the second half". The second thing I like about Danger Zone is the realness it gives me from the coaches despite it being a fictional story. "'Okay, all you get your butts over here,' he shouted. 'Anybody who wises off will be running wind sprints till their legs fall off.'" The third thing I absolutely love about Danger Zone is the way Los Angeles is portrayed with such realism and nothing is held back. (With gangs and violence and such) "'You got the PG-13's, the 18th Street East, West, North and South. They don't like blacks too much. We get out of this car and inside five minutes we got guns to our heads.'" To every basketball player or fan who has every wondered what its like to be one of the greats in the world at a sport like basketball, this is our book. If you're a kid or an adult who love books about basketball and the realism that lies within basketball, then this book is for you. This is an extremely interesting and intense book and it will keep you on the edge of your seat one hundred and ten percent of the time!
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Summary: Racism
Review: A Reviewby Ian Jimmy Doyle is a high school basketball player from Minnesota that is chosen to play on an All-American team that will travel to Italy to play in a tournament. Jimmy is soon to find out that not all of Jimmy's teammates want him on the team, mainly because he is white. Jimmy must endure racism and death threats from people around the world. Jimmy and his teammates must overcome racism to achieve their goals.
I like how this book keeps you on the edge of your seat. You always want to know what happens next in the story, and how Jimmy handles certain situations. I also admire the main character in the story, Jimmy. Not only is he a good basketball player, but he does a good job handling all of the racism and death threats he receives. Another thing I like about this book is how the team must overcome hostility from an entire country to achieve their goals and win. The team does a good job of sticking together to overcome many things, and not letting racism get the best of them. I would definitely recommend this book to anybody who enjoys basketball, and suspense. I always wanted to know what was going to happen to Jimmy next. I think it is a really good book and it kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time.
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Summary: An Unforgetable Chance at History
Review: Danger Zone by David Klass is an exciting and adventurous book. In this book Jimmy Doyle, the main character, is a star basketball player. Jimmy is asked to play on an All-Star team. The team is suppose to play in Italy for a month. Jimmy says no to this amazing offer. The reason Jimmy says no is because his mom is a widow with 3 kids. When Jimmy was young, his dad died, and ever since Jimmy has had to help his mom in the hardware store. Jimmy decides to go with a little help from his mom. In Italy Jimmy has to survive racism, his teammates, and Beautiful Italian ladies. I reccomend this book to anyone who likes adventure and sports.
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Summary: Danger Zone is a Great Book!!!
Review: Danger Zone David Klass Jimmy Doyle from Granham, Minnesota was chosen for team USA in the Junior Olympics. At first he didn't think he could play at that level though he averaged 49 points per game. His mom then talked him into it. He arrived in California where he met his team. He was at first greeted with open arms from all the players except from one. They later flew to Rome where he was playing good basketball until the racist roman gangs started to get to him. Jimmy and one of his teammates became friends, but could their friendship jeopardize each other? Could their friendship possibly be risking each other's lives? Can they even make it through the tournament?
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Summary: This book actually gave me goosebumps!
Review: Danger Zone is a book about basketball and racism. It's about Jimmy Doyle and how he is the local basketball hero in his small town of Granham, Minnesota. When he is selected by scouts to play for a 17 and under USA international bound team, he agrees. He goes on to play in Rome with mostly black inner-city super stars. Where he makes enemies with the team star Augustus LeMay, who came from South Central, LA. The terrorists in Rome hate the USA "Teen Dream Teen". When they put a death threat on the team, the book changes. Jimmy can't sleep or play basketball very good any more because he is so nervous. Read about the herioc comeback Jimmy makes, and the dramatic ending.
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Summary: It was a cool book
Review: Danger Zone is a good book. It will keep you on your feet all the time. Danger Zone sounds stupid but it is really good. I thought Jimmy was strong about his father and basketball.It is a good book for people who like basketball.Even if you do not like basketball, it would be a good book for anybody. At first it is a little slow, but then it picks up. There is a lot of really good parts to read in this book. At the end there is a really good part; read it. This book is really great.
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Summary: HOT TAMALE!
Review: Danger Zone is a great book for an enthusiastic basketball fan! This book is basketball themed aswell as a cliffhanger type. This book shows a great amount of predudicy and racism by skin color. Intresting novel. Klass writes with a get-to-the-point touch! Funny and intresting!
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Summary: A Great Mix of Basketball and Adventure
Review: Danger Zone is a very good book. I really enjoyed it because it was about basketball and adventure. The Basketball part was easy for me to understand because I have played basketball in the past and I could relate to it, and the adventure part of the book kept me turning the pages to find out what would happen next. This book was also enjoyable for me because it was full of controversy and that made it very interesting for me to read. The controversy was of race, but David Klass did a great job of integrating basketball into the arguments also. The main argument in the story is between Jimmy and Augustus. Both Jimmy and Augustus are on the USA's 17 and under American all star team. Augustus is mad at Jimmy because Jimmy took Augustus' cousin's place on the team and he thinks this is because Jimmy is white and his cousin is black. This fuels many arguments and ends up in an eventual temporary kidnap. The problem is still not solved in the last scene, but everyone seems to be happy and both Jimmy and Augustus are competitive but nice at the same time, which leads to a bumpy, but good ending. All in all Danger Zone was a very intriguing that kept me wanting to read more and think about the book even when I wasn't reading it. This book is great for sports fans, thriller fans, or anyone else who likes to read. I would recommend it to anyone.
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