Its simple. All Billy Raynor wants to do is shoot. After all, he is one of the best shooters in the league. But with his dad as his coach, and his...
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Oct 14, 2010
Bismark
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This book was about a kid the has his heart set on winning this years basketball championship.There are problems outside of basketball that he has to workout, such as the trial seperation of his parents.The main characters include Billy,Ben;his brother,Joe;his dad,and his mom Lynn.His dad and him are always argueing throughout the book.Billy is to focus on basketball to care about about Ben own fellings and problems.Ben needs his brother more than ever.What i really like about this book is that
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Aug 05, 2009
Ladon
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Hot Hand is about a boy named Billy Raynor who is on his basketball team.He is the best player on his team and is the best shooter in the leauge.An external conflict for billy is that his parents are going through a divorce and billy is mad because he can do nothing about it.His main internal conflict is that his little brother needs his family to stay together.
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Oct 26, 2009
Kyron
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I liked this book because it’s all about basketball and that’s my second favorite sport. Also it’s very interesting with the separation of his parents and how he cannot concentrate on his basketball skills. I could never put it down until the end. My favorite character in Comeback Kids is Lenny Dinardo because he likes to play basketball. He’s the best player on the YMCA. At the end, Lenny made the winning shot and became the center of attention. My favorite scene is when Billy was playing in a
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Dec 26, 2009
Aly
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If I had boys, this would be a great book for them! My nephews love these books. This particular one is about a boy whose mother and father are in the process of getting a divorce. There's also a younger brother that is gifted at piano and not sports plus a teenage sister that is always cheerful but overly chatty. The main character learns that sometimes being the star of the game doesnt mean being the one with the hot hand (and shooting all the time). He sacrifices a championship game to s
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Feb 18, 2010
Patrick
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The book I read was called the Comback kids. It was written by Mike Lupica. It is about a boy named Billy and his parents are divorced. He has a brother named Ben and two sisters named Eliza and Peg. Billy's favorite sport is basketball, but he is not the best on the basketball team Lenny DiNardo was. It didn't bother Billy because he and Lenny were best friends. Billy's dad was the coach of the team and Lenny's dad was the assistant coach. There team was the best in the league there team
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Jan 09, 2008
Amy
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I loved this book. I love sports but in general find a lot of sports books to be boring. This book, though, was great. It's a fast read. I read it in one night.
Billy loves basketball and in fact lives for basketball even more so now that he has been told that his parents are going through a trial seperation. His coach is his dad and they have a lot of issues. Billy's mad at his dad for leaving and he's mad at his dad for always complaining about his actions on the court. According t More...
Billy loves basketball and in fact lives for basketball even more so now that he has been told that his parents are going through a trial seperation. His coach is his dad and they have a lot of issues. Billy's mad at his dad for leaving and he's mad at his dad for always complaining about his actions on the court. According t More...
Oct 03, 2011
Justin
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Itas simple. All Billy Raynor wants to do is shoot. After all, he is one of the best shooters in the league. But with his dad as his coach, and his parents newly separated, somehow everythings become complicated. His brother Ben, the piano prodigy, hardly talks anymore. His mom is always traveling on business. And his dad is always on his case about not being a team player.
May 27, 2011
Tristram
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This is the first sports-related book that I've read (Unless if you would consider putting kids in an arena and watch them kill each other a sport).
I like the story. It has a good message, but the characters aren't described very well. It's hard for me to enjoy a book if I can't fully imagine a character.
I like the story. It has a good message, but the characters aren't described very well. It's hard for me to enjoy a book if I can't fully imagine a character.
Oct 26, 2009
Bobby
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I liked this book because I like sports and like to play basketball with friends. It was a book that I actually finished. if you like sports you should read this book especially if you like basketball.
Jan 05, 2010
Chris
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This great book by Mike Lupica is about a kid whose parents are divocing and plays on a basketball team. This book has fights, games, subspentions, and other pageturning events!
May 27, 2011
Graham R
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This book was good but very non suprising you could very easily infer what was going to happen in the book, which was kind of agrivating.
Jun 03, 2010
Mr
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Billy wasn't the best on his ten- and eleven year old rec league at the YMCA. The team is 10-0but Mr. D is 1-0 on basketball. Billy and Ben because Billy was out of breath and Ben was mad that Billy was still steaming mad.
By: Danny Nhim
pages read: 165
By: Danny Nhim
pages read: 165
May 27, 2011
10-11 Noah
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All Billy cares about is basketball, then his home life starts to go down hill. He's able to help with family learn what family is all about.
May 03, 2009
I haven't really started this book yet, but I am looking forword to it in the next few days.
Feb 02, 2012
