Teenage life isn’t always easy. Many issues evolve into your once normal life. That’s what happened to Nick Abbott, a normal 13 years-old boy from the suburbs of Seattle more worried about beating his brother in basketball then his grades. Nick lives with his brother Scott, and his parents who have different views about what their children’s future should be. His father wants Scott to be a big time basketball player on the varsity team in high school. His mother wants him to be a star trumpet player for the high school band and to get into a great college. His dad takes it a little too far when he decides to build a basketball court over his wife’s little garden. The two end up fighting and it leads to a nasty divorce which over time matures Nick.
A couple years later Nick is trying to make the varsity basketball team with his new best friend Luke Jackson. The two of them played basketball every day which gave them great chemistry on the court. Though he had success on the court, it did come as a price of Nick, as he was failing in school, so his mom made him study for the rest of the day after practice.
On the other side of his street, his neighbor Trent Dawson tried out for the team. Trent was a huge troublemaker with a brother in Zach who gets arrested multiple times in the book. Trent made the team, but struggled to be liked by the team and the coach. Trent became much better when he started playing on the basketball court with his mom’s boyfriend. It was even worse when Zach got arrested for shooting Scott’s girlfriend’s little brother Michael Ushakov. It made Nick sad that Trent had to get manipulated by his brother to do bad things. It hurt Trent inside since he couldn’t decide weather to run away with Zach or to stay home and to be normal.
This distracted Nick as he couldn’t bear to listen to everyone talk about the shooting. He couldn’t think about anything else including during basketball practice. It all came back to thinking about how Trent had nobody. One night Nick was going to go to the hospital with his mom and Scott, but instead he thought Trent had nobody to be with and decided to hang with him and play basketball. He got Trent to go back to school and to play on the team. Trent and Nick started moving up their ranks on the roster. Both started to play longer and were scoring more points. They started winning games and were starting to be relaxed for the first time in a while.
Trent was on edge at practice one day which caused Nick to be suspicious. He left early and wasn’t acting the same. Finally he told Nick he was going to save Zach, but Nick convinced him to stay one more week to finish the basketball season. The team finishes strong as Nick and Trent (who shows up late for the game) dominate to win the league title.
Overall the book was exciting, but it lacked a strong ending that the author has had in the past. It leaves you in disappointment as nothing gets resolved or nothing exciting happens. Nick matures into a young adult, but still misses the cold Seattle nights losing to his brother in basketball with his father looking on.
A couple years later Nick is trying to make the varsity basketball team with his new best friend Luke Jackson. The two of them played basketball every day which gave them great chemistry on the court. Though he had success on the court, it did come as a price of Nick, as he was failing in school, so his mom made him study for the rest of the day after practice.
On the other side of his street, his neighbor Trent Dawson tried out for the team. Trent was a huge troublemaker with a brother in Zach who gets arrested multiple times in the book. Trent made the team, but struggled to be liked by the team and the coach. Trent became much better when he started playing on the basketball court with his mom’s boyfriend. It was even worse when Zach got arrested for shooting Scott’s girlfriend’s little brother Michael Ushakov. It made Nick sad that Trent had to get manipulated by his brother to do bad things. It hurt Trent inside since he couldn’t decide weather to run away with Zach or to stay home and to be normal.
This distracted Nick as he couldn’t bear to listen to everyone talk about the shooting. He couldn’t think about anything else including during basketball practice. It all came back to thinking about how Trent had nobody. One night Nick was going to go to the hospital with his mom and Scott, but instead he thought Trent had nobody to be with and decided to hang with him and play basketball. He got Trent to go back to school and to play on the team. Trent and Nick started moving up their ranks on the roster. Both started to play longer and were scoring more points. They started winning games and were starting to be relaxed for the first time in a while.
Trent was on edge at practice one day which caused Nick to be suspicious. He left early and wasn’t acting the same. Finally he told Nick he was going to save Zach, but Nick convinced him to stay one more week to finish the basketball season. The team finishes strong as Nick and Trent (who shows up late for the game) dominate to win the league title.
Overall the book was exciting, but it lacked a strong ending that the author has had in the past. It leaves you in disappointment as nothing gets resolved or nothing exciting happens. Nick matures into a young adult, but still misses the cold Seattle nights losing to his brother in basketball with his father looking on.
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