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Night hoops

Carl Deuker

20001 pagesabout 5–10 minutes
2000
first published
  • 2000Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers · ENGISBN 9780585367958
  • 2000Houghton Mifflin · 212 pages · ENGISBN 9780395979365
  • 2002HarperTrophy · 250 pages · ENGISBN 9780064472753
  • 2009Harper CollinsISBN 9780547248912
  • 2009Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company · 224 pages · ENGISBN 9780547349428
  • 2021Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Blackstone Publishing · 1 pagesISBN 9780358588733

While trying to prove that he is good enough to be on his high school's varsity basketball team, Nick must also deal with his parents' divorce and the erractic behavior of a troubled classmate who lives across the street. Nick Abbott and Trent Dawson have nothing in common but basketball. It's sophomore year and Nick is trying to deal with his parents' divorce. He also really wants to be a star on the basketball team. Trent, his neighbor, is angry, and aggressive. The two form an uneasy bond as they quietly practice each night on Nick's backyard basketball court. But as the basketball season progresses, their lives become unexpectedly intertwined. In this story of an unlikely bond, Carl Deuker explores the confusing place between loneliness and friendship, between faithfulness and betrayal. Filled with gripping game play, this is a story about choices. While trying to prove that he is good enough to be on his high school's varsity basketball team, Nick must also deal with his parents' divorce and the erractic behavior of a troubled classmate who lives across the street.

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