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