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 stop—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, being at the top just means the competition tries that much harder to knock him off. Now Danny's heading to Right Way basketball camp for the summer, and he knows that with the country's best players in attendance, he's going to need to take his game up a notch if he wants to match up. But it won't be easy. Old rivals and new battles leave Danny wondering if he really does have what it takes to stand tall.
On sale: May 15, 2008
Age: 8-12 years
Grade: Grades 3-7
Page count: 272 Pages
ISBN: 9780142411537
Reading level: Lexile: 910L | Fountas/Pinnell: V
Mike Lupica is the author of multiple bestselling books for young readers, including
QB 1,
Heat, Travel Team, Million-Dollar Throw, and The Underdogs. He has carved out a niche as the sporting world’s finest storyteller. Mike lives in Connecticut with his wife and their four children. When not writing novels,
Mike Lupica writes for New York's
Daily News, appears on ESPN's
The Sports Reporters and hosts
The Mike Lupica Show on ESPN Radio. You can visit Mike Lupica at mikelupicabooks.com
Praise for Summer Ball: “Lupica is at his best when he puts the reader right in the center of the action on the court. His game descriptions are fast, accurate, and exciting. Young sports-fiction fans will eat this up.” –
Booklist “Sports fans will relish the on-court action, expertly rendered in Lupica's taut prose. This worthy sequel to
Travel Team should earn a wide audience.” –
School Library Journal “Lupica knows his basketball and knows how to spin a page-turner of a story. Those who enjoyed the first installment of Danny's story will be thrilled to read a sequel, and even those middle school readers who are not huge sports fans will want to cheer for Danny Walker, who proves that determination can be a whole lot bigger than height.” –
VOYA
