From the bestselling author of heat, travel team, and fantasy league comes a story of heroes, family, the thrills of skateboarding, and football. Chapters 1 and 2 summary danny walker is a yearold boy who lives for basketball. Team players book by mike lupica official publisher page. Lupica, through this book, tries to explain that irrespective of the difficulties and adversities, one should never ever give up on a dream even if it seems a bit farfetched. Ben and his friends, the core four plus one, are so excited to play in their towns allstar baseball league. When 12yearold danny walker is cut from the travel team, he is crushed. I began the book with high hopes because of its bestseller status, but they were soon dashed. He has loved basketball from when he was three to twelve. I think this symbolizes hard work and determination. The only game book by mike lupica official publisher. This theme gives the reader a joyful feeling because they should never give up on what there trying to succeed in life and what they do just like danny. Dannys dad was a former nba player what is dannys disadvantage who coaches dannys travel team danny likes the idea of his dad coaching his team who is dannys best friend where does danny practice everyday who makes the winning shot.
See all books authored by mike lupica, including heat, and travel team, and more on. Since danny gets cut from the travel team, his dad decides to coach his own travel team with danny on it. The travel team community note includes chapterbychapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author. The travel team community note includes chapterbychapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you. After he is cut from his travel basketball team the very same team that his father once led to national prominencetwelveyear pdfold danny walker forms his own team of castoffs that might have a shot at victory. Jake cullen, is the main character, he is playing high school football, in texas.
Where can i find chapter by chapter summaries for travel team. Book summary 1 33 yes believe it or not, i finished the book last night. Where can i find chapter by chapter summaries for travel. But in the first game of the season, ben gets hit by a pitch. This is a quiz about the book i read by mike lupica travel team take this quiz. Terms in this set 6 travel team by mike lupica published in 2004. Travel team by mike lupica by stefano marconi on prezi.
Book summary 3 yes believe it or not, i finished the book last night danny walker is just an average basketball lover who happens to have a celebrity dad and a local travel basketball team. If anyone knows a site that i can read chapter summaries online that would be great. Travel team study guide contains a biography of mike lupica, quiz questions, major. When he is cut from the 7th grade travel basketball team he doesnt take it lying down. In mike lupicas summer ball, published in 2007, yearold danny walker heads to an elite basketball summer camp called right way. In the book travel team, never giving up is one of the themes because danny never gave up trying out for basketball. Filled with people just like him, who were told they couldnt play for a lot of bias reasons.
Danny walker is just an average basketball lover who happens to have a celebrity dad and a local travel basketball team. Travel team trailer the trailer for the book travel team by mike lupica. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Mike lupica travel team symbols in the book, danny didnt make the team and he didnt give up. About the author 2005 mike lupica is the author of multiple bestselling books for young readers, including qb 1, heat, travel team, milliondollar throw, and the underdogs. He had also led his towns team, the middletown vikings, to a championship when he was dannys age.
Five years younger than lisa in carol matas lisas war 1989, annemarie johansen has, at 10, known three years of nazi occupation. Aug 18, 2005 mike lupica is the author of multiple bestselling books for young readers, including qb 1, heat, travel team, milliondollar throw, and the underdogs. Summer ball by mike lupica is a coming of age novel of particular interest to. Travel team takes place in the present time in middletown, new york. His father, richie walker, had made it to the nba when he was younger. His dream is to become a middle town star like his dad richie walker. After the first practice, their team looks very bad, and.
Book clubs book fairs scholastic education classroom magazines about us. Still, lupica creates a sports novel that is rich in details. What is the climax of travel team by mike lupica answers. Mike lupica is the author of multiple bestselling books for young readers, including the home team series, qb 1, heat, travel team, milliondollar throw, and the underdogs. Mike lupica books list of books by author mike lupica. Jake is a freshman, and his older brother, had already been a quarterback, and he took his team to the texas state championship, and jake has the pressure to try to do as well as his brother wyatt did in high school, and on top of that jakes dad. Mar 25, 20 travel team by mike lupica monday, march 25, 20. The main characters in travel team, by mike lupica, are danny walker, ty ross, will stoddard, tess hewitt, ali walker mom, richie walker dad, and teddy moran. Travel team, by mike lupica, is a book about a 12 year old boy named danny walker whose life was basketball. A historical chapter book series from threetime coretta scott king award winner and newbery honor. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools.
Travel team is about 7th grader danny walker, whose father, richie walker, was the leader of the 7th grade travel team that won the. The travel team community note includes chapter by chapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you. Although summer ball is the sequel to travel team however, the series he has written is called the comeback kids. Travel team series book 1 mike lupica author oliver wyman narrator 2005 hero mike lupica author dan bittner narrator 2010 the big field. One of my special children was reading this book for a book report. Travel team series book 1 mike lupica author oliver wyman narrator 2005 hero mike lupica author dan bittner narrator 2010 the big field mike lupica author 2008 hot hand comeback kids series book 1 mike lupica author 2007 the only game home team series book 1 mike lupica author keith. Heres a summary you can read to the kids, so they are familiar with the characters and know what happens in the first four chapters. Mike lives in connecticut with his wife and their four children. The travel team community note includes chapterbychapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography. Travel team by mike lupica important characters antagonist the antagonist of the book is teddy moran teddy moran is a snobby, mean, and disrespectful person teddy moran is a head taller than danny, and got into a fight with danny his dad is also completely disrespectful to richie.
The official book website for mike lupica, author of no slame dunk, travel team, heat, the big field, comeback kids, miracle on 49th street, and summer ball no slam dunk on sale 11062018. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading travel team. Created by the colbert report watch the video share. The only game book by mike lupica official publisher page. Summer ball by mike lupica is a coming of age novel of particular interest to young boys. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of travel team by mike lupica. Who is the author of travel team what are dannys parents. Mike lupica presents the third book in his new york times bestselling game changers series. When they arrived luckily i picked up travel team and read it first. Travel team is the first novel i have read from mike lupica and i will be going out very soon to buy many more of his sports novels.
Where can i find chapter by chapter summaries for travel team by mike lupica. He has carved out a niche as the sporting worlds finest storyteller. Mike lupica i created this video with the youtube video editor. This 55page guide for heat by mike lupica includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 28 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expertwritten literary analysis. Travel team is about 7th grader danny walker, whose father, richie walker, was the leader of the 7th grade travel team that won the national championship. Dannys dad former nba player decides to coach a new travel team for danny but gets in a car accident and is unable to coach the rest of the season. The main characters in travel team, by mike lupica, are danny walker, ty ross, will stoddard, tess hewitt, ali walker mom, richie walker dad. Travel team 2004 was the first young adult novel by american sports writer. His dad then comes up with the middletown warriors travel basketball team.
During the summer following his 8th grade year, he and his closest friends, will stoddard and ty ross, are heading for an elite basketball camp where danny knows that although hes always been a star player, his short height will force him to prove himself and his skills once again. He got better and he beat the team he didnt make in the championship. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. Apr 04, 2009 where can i find chapter by chapter summaries for travel team by mike lupica. In the story, danny walker, the main character, gets cut from the town travel team because he is too short. Dannys dad was a former nba player what is dannys disadvantage who coaches dannys travel team danny likes the idea of his dad coaching his team who is dannys best friend where does danny practice everyday who makes the winning shot to win the championship. Danny walker is a yearold boy who lives for basketball. Theres nothing eightyearold twins zach and zoe walker love more than playing sports and solving mysteries. From the time i wrote travel team, my first book for young readers, 10 years ago, i have felt so comfortable writing about sports from the point of view of a 12year old or year old or 14year old. In a story every bit as exciting and tear jerking as any novel or movie. Mike lupica has written many individual novels such as miracle on 49th street, heat, travel team, and summer ball. Danny walker is a twelve year old boy who lives in middletown, new jersey. Travel team by mike lupica is about a short basketball player named danny walker who gets cuts from his travel team.
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