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Joshua Medina's Book Report
From inside of the front cover Drew Lawson has mad game. He knows it, his teammates know it, and his coach knows it. But now there's a new boy who's getting the coach's love. Worst of all, the new kid is trying to take over Drew's team. Drew can't lose his cool, because he needs ball to get to college. All around him he sees sgreat players who didn't make it. Drew refuses to become one of them. He just needs to find out how deep his game really is.
''Game'' is about a highschool basketball player who is the team's star player. He has hopes of making getting a scholarship to go a Division I college and making it to the NBA. Drama arises when two new guys join the team, whom the coach seems to favor, The coach starts making plays that revolve around Tomas , one of the new players. Drew soon grows jealous of Tomas thinking that Tomas is trying to take over his team. Eventhough Drew doesnt like Tomas at first, they soon become friends., but after an incident where Drew took the ball from Tomas' hands to win a game, the tension arises between them once again.. Even though the team is splitting, they still continue to win games and make it to the regions. The win the first two games but they suffer a heartbreaking loss in the third. . Drew then receives a scholarship offer from DePaul University which he accepts, The story ends with Drew and his sister talking about him going off to college.
Walter Dean Myers has written many critically acclaimed books such as Monster, Street Love, and Autobiography of My Dead Brother.
CHARACTERS Drew Lawson- The main character of the story, Hes an excellent basketball player with dreams to make get a college scholarship and to play in the NBA. Jocelyn- Drew's younger sister and only sibling. She is sometimes cocky and full of herself, but she really cares about drew and is helpful. when help is needed. Ruffy - Drew's best friend, hes loyal,helpful, and trustworthy. He is the team's center and is a good ball player. Tony - Ruffy's brother. During the book Tony is in jail or in court due to a crime he commited. Tomas - A new player in the team, and seemingly the coache's favorite .He first starts out as Drew's friend but gets mad at him when Drew takes the ball out of his hands. Sky - A loud mouth foward on the basketball team. He is cocky and full of himself, but is a good ball player. Colin - Another new player in the team, he is an okay player but is disliked at first.
