Hoops

Walter Dean Myers’: HOOPS Story: The story is about a guy called Lonnie and is set in Harlem in New York. Lonnie has just finished school and now he’ s able to spend his whole time on playing his most favourite sport… Basketball. His biggest dream is, to play basketball in the NBA and to earn a lot of money and to become very popular. After one of his friends established a basketball team, Lonnie, …

…treats Lonnie. He wants to save Lonnie from the mistakes he did and supports him, motivates him and gives him many advices. Maybe Lonnie found a father in Cal he never had… Personal comment: I found the book very pleasant to read. Anyway I wasn’t excited from the beginning, I liked the book at the end. The book holds very interesting and detailed basketball-scenes, which were one of the best things in the book.