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Summer Ball

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By Mike Lupica
Publisher Puffin Books
Summer Ball
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The sequel to the #1 New York Times bestseller Travel Team!When youre the smallest kid playing a big mans game, the challenges never stopespecially when your name is Danny Walker. Leading your travel team to the national championship may seem like a dream come true, but for Danny, being at the top just means the competition tries that much harder to knock him off. Now Dannys leaving Middletown for the summer and heading to Right Way basketball camp, where hes out of his element and maybe out of his league. The countrys best ballers are in attendance, and Danny will need to raise his game if he wants to match up. But it wont be easy. Old rivals and new battles leave Danny wondering if he really has what it takes to stand tall.Lupica is at his best when he puts the reader right in the center of the action on the court. His game descriptions are fast, accurate, and exciting. Young sportsfiction fans will eat this up. Booklist Sports fans will relish the oncourt action, expertly rendered in Lupicas taut prose. This worthy sequel to Travel Team should earn a wide audience. School Library Journal Lupica knows his basketball and knows how to spin a pageturner of a story. Those who enjoyed the first installment of Dannys story will be thrilled to read a sequel, and even those middle school readers who are not huge sports fans will want to cheer for Danny Walker, who proves that determination can be a whole lot bigger than height. VOYA

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64606 words64,606 words
265 pages265 pages
Lexile 910LLexile 910L
Grade 5 to 9Grade 5 to 9
Age 10-14Age 10-14
Published 2007Published 2007

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0399244875

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