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Danny Walker may be the smallest kid on the basketball court, but no one has a bigger love of the game, or a better sense of how to hit the open player with the perfect pass. Then the local travel team—the same travel team Danny’s dad, Richie Walker, led to the national championship on... read more
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In the book "Travel Team," Danny Walker got cut from the travel team in his town because of his small size. And when his dad, who Danny hasn't seen in years, comes to town, a new idea is born.His dad creates a travel team of his own.
Halfwa through the season his dad gets into another...
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Characters edit
- Danny Walker: He is the main charector of the book. He didn't make the travel team.
- Richie Walker: He is the father of Danny Walker. He comes in town and creates a new travel team so danny can play.
- Ali Walker: She is the mother of Danny Walker. She helps him have courge to play basketball.
- Ty Ross: He is one of danny's best friends.
- Tess Hewitt: SHe is dann's girlfriend or she likes him and he likes her.
- Will: He is one of danny's other best friend. Plays on danny's travel team.
- Mr. Ross: Coach of the Vikings. He is the dad of Ty Ross. He is an over controlling dad, but learns to back down
- Danny Walker: Small Fast winner!
- Khari Wilmore: Add a description of this character.
- Teddy Moran
- Bud Sheedy
- Jack Harty
- Oliver Towne
- Bren Darcy
- Andy Mayne
- Kel
- Emma
- Michael Harden
- Daryll Mullins
- Steven O'brien
- Runyon
- Tony
- Ms. Perry
- Kirkland
- Daniel Walker
- Mrs. Stoddard
- Mr. Moriarty
Quotes edit
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“"He Didnt make the team." Why? Look at him play!" " They told him he was too small"“Ty would draw two of three defenders to him in the low blocks and then kick it out to Danny, who kept launching that funny shot of his-though he was getting it more out in front, like Richie had showed him- and scoring with ease from the outside. Then Richie would wait to see a smile or a fist-pump from his kid, or any kind of change of emotion. Only Danny never would.” “I don’t want to see the ball touching the floor,” Mr. Ross said from underneath the basket closest to the stage, giving another quick blast to his whistle, as if he were using it like punctuation marks. “This is going to a team that passes the ball, not a team that dribbles the ball""They say he lost control of his car, right before that big curve where 37 intersects with 118."”
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Hey, little guy. He was used to it by now. They’d been studying DNA in science lately; being
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Richie Walker noticed she wasn’t looking at him, she was facing across the street the way he was, watching Danny. “Why tonight in particular?” “He didn’t make travel team,” she said now on the quiet, dark street. “Your travel team.” “Look at him play. How could he not make travel?” “They told him he was too small.”
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HE KNEW HE WAS SMALL. He just didn’t think he was small. Big difference. Danny had known his whole life how small he was compared to everybody in his grade, from the first grade on. How he had been put in the front row, front and center, of every class picture taken.
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his mom had gotten him from CompUSA for Christmas, Googling away. He had typed in
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And proceeded to tell you all about Richie Walker, the dazzling point guard from the tiny town in Eastern Long Island who took his twelve-year-old travel team all the way to the finals of the nationals—what
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Contents Acknowledgments
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or basketball, when he’d first started going to basketball tryouts at the Y,
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it. Then he shut down the computer for the night, hearing one more IM jingle before he did. Tess, for sure. But he didn’t want her trying to cheer him up any more than he did his mom. It was definitely a girl deal, wanting to put a Band-Aid on the
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Setting & Locations edit
They are Danny's house, school, and basketball courts
- Chamionship game: This is important because this is where they won their champiionship home
- Danny Walker's Home: This awhere a lot of the beggining of the book is took place
- Middletown
- St. Pat's
- Hanesboro
- Syracuse
- Colorado
- Piping Rock
- Candy Kitchen
First Sentence edit
HE KNEW HE WAS SMALL.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 8 of 15 in 2007-2008 Iowa Teen Award. (authoritative list)
Preceded by The Perfect Shot (Young Adult Fiction), and followed by Milkweed.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Mike Lupica (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Philomel Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 0399241507
Page Count: 288
Publisher: Philomel Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 0399241507
Page Count: 288
Notes for Parents edit
Reading Level: Add the suggested reading level for this book.This book is a appropriate for kids to read it is really good.
Subjects edit
- Books › Children's Books › People & Places › Family Life › Multigenerational › Fiction
- Books › Children's Books › People & Places › Social Situations › Self-Esteem & Self-Respect › Fiction
- Books › Children's Books › Sports & Activities › Sports › Basketball › Fiction
- Books › Children's Books › People & Places › Boys & Men › Fiction
- Books › Children's Books › Ages 9-12
- Books › Children's Books › Literature
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