| Night Hoops Contributor(s): Deuker, Carl (Author) |
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ISBN: 0547248911 ISBN-13: 9780547248912 Publisher: Clarion Books OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2009 Annotation: Nick Abbott and Trent Dawson have nothing in common but basketball. It's sophomore year and Nick is trying to deal with his parents' divorce. He also really wants to be a star on the basketball team. Trent, his neighbor, is angry, and aggressive. The two form an uneasy bond as they quietly practice each night on Nick's backyard basketball court. But as the basketball season progresses, their lives become unexpectedly intertwined. In this story of an unlikely bond, Carl Deuker explores the confusing place between loneliness and friendship, between faithfulness and betrayal. Filled with gripping game play, this is a story about choices. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Sports & Recreation - Basketball - Young Adult Fiction | Boys & Men - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Emotions & Feelings |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 630 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" (0.52 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Boy's Interest - Topical - Friendship - Topical - Divorce - Topical - Boy's Interest |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 40657 Reading Level: 4.5 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 8.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nick Abbott and Trent Dawson have nothing in common but basketball. Or so it seems. But as the basketball season progresses, their lives become unexpectedly intertwined. In this story of an unlikely bond, award-winning author Carl Deuker explores that dark and confusing place between loneliness and friendship, between faithfulness and betrayal. Filled with gripping game play, the novel will leave readers wondering how much they themselves would reach out to a kid like Trent. |
Contributor Bio(s): Deuker, Carl: - Carl Deuker is a celebrated author of "top-flight sports writing matched to uncommonly perceptive coming-of-age stories" (Kirkus Reviews). He describes his younger self as a classic second-stringer: "I was too slow and too short for basketball; I was too small for football, a little too chicken to hang in there against the best fastballs. So, by my senior year the only sport I was still playing was golf." He was a teacher for many years in the Seattle area, where he now lives with his wife. |