Travel Team

by Mike Lupica

A boy in New York is the son of a has been NBA player that was the loved underdog who cut his career short with a drunk car crash. His son aspires to be just like him but he didn't make his town's travel team because he's too small even though he's one of the best players in his town. His dad decides to coach a new team for his son so he can play.

I liked how the author knew the game of basketball really well and described them really well. I dint like how there were a lot of meaningless chapters that side tracked from the main story line. My favorite part was the game against Kirkland it was described extremely well.

I recommend this book to any 11-13 year old that like basketball I didn't like it that much, I would give it three out of four stars. I would also recommend this to anyone that knows a lot about basketball. If I were to do it again I wouldn't pick up this book because it was boring to me. I thought I was going to enjoy it more.