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Night Hoops


By Dianna - Posted on 02 April 2010

I am reading a book called Night Hoops. It is by Carl Deuker. This book is about a boy named Nick, and he loves to play basketball. He has a brother named Scott, and he loves playing music, but Nick's dad is always pressuring Scott about basketball and how he is not going to get good or make it onto the varsity basketball team if that is all he ever does it play music. But Nick is a great basketball player,and has never gotten that type of attention from his dad. But when Nick's dad and mom get into a big fight and end up getting a divorce. Ans as for Nick he started getting more of his dads attention and he also makes it onto the school basketball varsity team.

Nick is really liking his new basketball team,the only problem is a kid named Trent who lives across the street from him. Trent has an older brother who is always getting himself and Trent into trouble. Nick never thought that Trent would make it because of his grades and behavior, but oneday Nick shows up to practice and Trent is there. At first Nick and Trent really hate each other ! One day Trents's dad comes over an asks since that they really have nowhere to practice at night if Trent and him could use the basketball court at night. Nick's mom thinks that would be fine,but Nick is not so happy about this. A couple of days later Trent's dad is back over at Nick's house saying that he is moving away but making sure it is still okay that Trent has full permission to still use the basketball court. But Nick still thinks that this is a really bad idea. But she still goes along with the idea.

The next day at practice once again Trent is there at practice, and as usual the coach is having them do all the running drills and plays. And at every practice the each go to seprate teams, and for some reason coach put Nick and Trent on the same team! At this practice Nick notices that him and Trent work really good t

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