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The sequel to the #1 New York Times bestseller Travel Team! When you’re the smallest kid playing a big man’s game, the challenges never stops—especially when your name is Danny Walker. Leading your travel team to the national championship may seem like a dream come true, but for Danny,... read more
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danny goes to a basketball csmp and learns how to be a man and how to play the game of basketball
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- Danny Walker: Main character who plays basketball and goes off the the Right Way Basketball Camp in Maine. Originally from Middletown, New York, Danny's father played basketball at Syracuse University and has taught Danny everything he knows about the game. Unfortunately, Danny is shorter than most players his age and must adjust his game in order to make up for it.
- Rasheed Hill: Danny's rival who played against him in the 12-year-old National Tournament. Still disgruntled by his team's loss, he starts to make Danny look bad, until about halfway through the camp when the two become good friends.
- Will: Danny's best friend who is known for his jokes.
- Lamar Parrish: Player at the camp who tries to show up everyone. Plays for the Lakers.
- Zach Fox: A younger basketball player at Right Way, who Danny takes under his wing and helps him get through his time at Right Way. Also, he helps Danny work on his game and learn how to shoot over taller people.
- Nick Pinto: Camp counselor who watches over Gampel, the cabin at which Danny was placed, even though he is not the same age as the rest of the kids there.
- Richie Walker: Danny's father who was a basketball star and played college ball at Syracuse University. After a knee injury, Richie was no longer the same and began coaching Danny instead.
- Tess Hewitt: Danny's love interest. She is his best friend back home in Middletown, but they become separated when Danny goes to Maine. However, Tess is visiting her uncle at the same time and is just across the lake from Right Way during Danny's stay there.
- Jeff Lebow: The man who is in charge of the camp and makes sure everyone is in a cabin and helps figure out where Danny will be staying.
- Josh Cameron: Owner of Josh Cameron's Right Way Basketball Camp and supporter of Danny Walker.
- David Upshaw: Awesome basketball player
- Ben Coltrane: Tall Kid that is put on Danny's team at camp.
- Ali Walker: Danny's mom.
- Tarik: Basketball player from New York City who is a teammate of Danny's on the Celtics while at the camp.
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He said that we all start out just wanting to be the best kid on our block, and some of us get to be that. But as soon as we do, almost like the minute we do, you know what happens, right?” Somehow Danny just knew. “You find out about a kid on the next block.”
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“So you find out how you can handle yourself against him. Prove to yourself you can play with him. Only, as soon as you do that, you hear about this kid on the other side of town. Then in the next town, somebody hears about you and thinks he can absolutely kick your butt. Now you gotta go play him. Because you just gotta know.”
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You had to relax to play your hardest, to have any chance at all to play your best.
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executed a killer soccer kick, catching the ball just right, sending it flying out the open doors, trying to kick it all the way to Coffee Lake. Or maybe Canada. “I could play soccer if I wanted,” Danny said. “But I’m a basketball player.”
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having trouble with your main squeeze.” Meaning Tess Hewitt.
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going because he had to find out for himself if he could cut it once he got in with the real big boys.
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Josh Cameron’s Right Way Camp, about an hour outside of Portland, Maine, in a town called Cedarville.
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Danny Walker said to his parents, "You know that growth spurt you guys have been promising me my whole life? When does that kick in, exactly?"
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- Mike Lupica (Author)
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