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Friday, April 20, 2012

Travel Team

Lupica, Mike. Travel Team. NY, Puffin Books, 2004. 274 pages. (Sports Fiction / Poem Review)

Danny Walker,
Cut from the
Travel team.

He wanted
No more basketball,
The sport he loved.

Until his troubled dad
Had an idea,
Another travel team.

Once a star,
Now a broke,
Sad, alcholic.

At first,
Pathetic team,
Last place in the league.

Until they laerned
To be a team, but
It took a tragedy.

Also it took,
Ty Ross,
And a controling dad.

Come playoffs
They were great,
Just like Dad’s team.

I didn’t really like this book. It was only okay. The book started slow and stayed slow. I like books with a lot of action which this seriously lacked. I would give this book a six out of ten and would only refer it to diehard youth basketball fans. There is few of those to point out.

Reviewed by: HoneyComb