Summer Ball, Mike Lupica
Summer Ball, Mike Lupica
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Summer Ball

Author: Mike Lupica

Narrator: Danny Gerard

Unabridged: 6 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/03/2018

Synopsis

The sequel to the #1 New York Times bestseller Travel Team!

When you're the smallest kid playing a big man's game, the challenges never stop—especially 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 Danny's heading to Right Way basketball camp for the summer, and he knows that with the country's best players in attendance, he's going to need to take his game up a notch if he wants to match up. But it won't be easy. Old rivals and new battles leave Danny wondering if he really does have what it takes to stand tall.

About The Author

Mike Lupica (mikelupicabooks.com) is the #1 bestselling author of many popular books for young readers, including Fantasy League, QB 1, Heat, Travel Team, Million-Dollar Throw, and The Underdogs. He has carved out a niche as the sporting world’s finest storyteller. Mike lives in Connecticut with his wife and their four children. When not writing novels, Mike Lupica writes for New York's Daily News and appears weekly on ESPN's The Sports Reporters.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tim on November 13, 2013

The book "Summer Ball" is a realistic fiction by Mike Lupica. It is about a thirteen year old boy who is the son of a former NBA player that goes to a summer basketball camp. The boy, Danny, has one of his dads old coaches coaching him. But this coach hated Danny's dad and is really hard on Danny an......more

Goodreads review by Harry on March 29, 2018

This book was so boring had really no good parts to it and it was so predictable. He finally got his revenge at the end but it was just so easy to figure out what was going to happen......more

Goodreads review by Paul on January 16, 2014

In the book Summer Ball by Mike Lupica a kid named Danny Walker is the smallest kid out there playing basketball. He play's travel basketball and is trying to get his team to the National Championships, but he has many challenges from getting there. His travel team has people two years ahead of him......more

Goodreads review by AviP_C2 on December 04, 2018

This book was a pretty interesting book overall. I loved to see Danny start getting harder and tougher competition. He started off as a win all type of person and later changed to a don't be a cocky person. This gives me a reminder when a kid was the #1 ranked in his class and challenged Michael Jor......more

Goodreads review by Yoav on January 17, 2016

Summer Ball Mike Lupica “A ball in his hands always made him feel smarter.” -Ali Walker (Danny’s dad). Summer Ball by Mike Lupica is about a kid called Danny who is very tiny, but still has a very big talent and dream. Basketball. He goes to a basketball camp where there are players just like him who......more

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Praise for Summer Ball:
 
“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 sports-fiction fans will eat this up.” –Booklist
 
“Sports fans will relish the on-court action, expertly rendered in Lupica's 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 page-turner of a story. Those who enjoyed the first installment of Danny's 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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