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Title: Summer Ball Author: Mike Lupica Pages: 472

Characters: Danny, Ty, Will, Tarik, and Zach are best friends. Rasheed and Scott are rivals. Tess is a friend of Danny’s.

Background: Danny is the son of a NBA all star Richie Walker. Ty is one of Danny’s best friends and is from the same neighborhood. Will is another one of Danny’s best friends and him and Ty both play basketball with Danny. Tarik is a good friend that Danny, Will, and Ty met on the bus to the basketball camp. Zach is a kid that Danny is roomed with at the camp and while he is there Danny becomes good friends with Zach. Rasheed is a basketball rival that Danny played against in the previous year to win the national championship and Rasheed is also at the camp where Danny is. Scott is a new kid in town that steals Tess away from Danny because he plays tennis with her. Tess is Danny’s crush and he likes her a lot and he doesn’t like it when Scott tries to take her way from him.

Motivation: Danny’s motivation is to beat Rasheed at basketball. He also wants to become friends again with Tess.

Setting: The setting is in Maine at a basketball camp. The time is in present day.

Conflict: The conflict is between Danny and Rasheed because they are basketball rivals. Another conflict is Danny versus Scott a new kid in town. …show more content…
Danny and Tess became good friends again. Danny hadn’t beaten Rasheed but he and Rasheed became good friends instead of
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