Impressions Of Summer Ball

The book I am currently reading is Summer Ball by Mike Lupica. I have got to as far as the beginning to page thirty. I see potential in this book being a good book to read and relate to. If you want to know about life playing basketball with a chip on your shoulder, then this is your book. I think this book will show you how to accomplish your goals even though many people try to put you at a disadvantage. In my opinion I think Summer Ball will show the reader to go through wth what you want to succede with, and don't stop. I can see these things already by looking at the main character Danny Walker. He is an outstanding basketball player, already being criticized for his lack of height. From the looks of this book he is taking a good attitude and not letting this take advantage of his game. So my question is in future will Danny let this critcisim put he game and attitude down?

Initial impression of "The necessary hunger"by Nina Revoyr Pgs 1-16

My first impressions of the book are that the girl wants to be excepted and she's trying to be excepted by other people so she joins a basketball team. She feels that people treat her different because she is taller and everybody thinks she should be this big basketball starbecause she is 6 foot 155 pounds. I think the book might be alittle interesting because I like basketball as well as Nancy takahiro(this is the main character of the storyshe is asian and very tall for a girl.

Impression on my novel

The Moves Make the Man, by Bruce Brooks
(pages read 1-15).

My immidiate impression of the story was that it was going to be a good one. I'm always ready to read a sports novel whether it be tennis, football, soccer or basketball as long as it has a good sense of teamwork, competition, conflict, and characters with many dimensions.The story starts off with a boy named Jerome telling the reader the events that are currently taking place in his life. His bestfriend Bix has ran away and no one knows why, well no one does besides Jerome, Bix's bestfriend. He begins to tell the reader of what type of kide Bix was and why he doesnt believe his bestfriend would just up and leave without a logical explanation. Jerome was all that Bix had, his family life wasn't to great and caused them to be distant. And now with the disappearance of Bix, Jerome is the only one that can tell his story...his legacy. So far with the little bit of reading I've done I see a great book in my future. Theres already conflict which i feel is a great key in having a good sports novel. I'm just waiting for the other pieces of the puzzle to fall in place. Only time will tell.

Assessment - Indy Reading Project - December

Ramon - 5/5 completed

Good responses.  I like that you try to vary the prompts you are responding to, and your insight into the way sports books usually work vs. patterns in  The Contender was insightful.  Nice job.

Jamar - 5/5 completed

Decent responses Jamar, although I'd like to see you vary your response topics a bit more.  Remember, when you say something, bring up an example to prove it.  If you're going to talk about images defining characters, then back it up with an example.

Efrain - 5/5 completed

Efrain, nice improvement so far this quarter.  Some responses were strong ("If I Could Ask a Character...") and some were a little weak (the last one was underdeveloped and superficial).  Let's move towards a more even effort next time.

Jeremy - 5/5 completed

Before I get to the good things, I need to yell at you.  CAPITALIZE!  PUNCTUATE!  This stuff is published for the world to see, and I need you to be more mindful of conventions.  

Now, I think your responses are strong (are you referencing that kid from Greece...Jmac?) and I enjoyed the exchange of comments.  It shows a lot that you are willing to go back to clarify.  Nice job.

Chandler - 5/5 completed

I really enjoyed the "Feel it in the Air" response.  Good connection.  The setting response was...umm...umm...how to say nicely...left something to be desired.  Oh yeah, and proofread, dude.  

Taisean  - 3/5 completed

Glad to see you try to catch up, but I have a few things to say.  First of all, I want to hear what you know about Stephen King, not what Stephen King's website has to say.  Put it in your own words.  I'm interested in seeing what you can do now that you'll be here.