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Jump Ball: A Basketball Season in Poems

by Mel Glenn

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Dan said: " Imagine living in a ghost town, and the only thing keeping the town from falling apart is the boys high school basketball team.
Jump Ball by Mel Glenn is a poem about one full season of a boys high school basketball team. The Tower High Tigers is lea Imagine living in a ghost town, and the only thing keeping the town from falling apart is the boys high school basketball team.
Jump Ball by Mel Glenn is a poem about one full season of a boys high school basketball team. The Tower High Tigers is lead by Garrett James who is praised by the whole town. The whole team goes through adversity as they make their way through their season.
Their is so much love for the team and everyone associated with it. But each character finds their way into a pickle. Their isn’t really main characters, although it goes back in fourth with character’s on the team and people that are involved with them. The characters usually talk about what's currently going in their lives, mostly their problems.This book takes place in a town called Tower High.
The theme wasn’t really displayed throughout the book. But one theme that could be developed is don’t take things for granted. For instance one of the characters named E.Z. Pratt said, “When I came to this school, you said you would take care of me. You said not to worry ‘bout nothing’ ‘cept playing’ basketball. You promised me tutors. You promised me easy teacher who, with a wink and a smile, would let me slide. Then, all of a sudden, you changed the rules on me. You expected me to go to class, do work, pass tests. So, now, when I’ve failed my classes you tell me I can’t play no more. How come you’re jerkin’ me around? You wouldn’t do that IF I was Garrett James. You lied. You didn’t let me sink baskets. You just let me sink. Many, you sure took care of me,” (pg.86). He thought everything would go his way. But it didn’t. It went the complete opposite. Just because he was on the team meant he didn’t have to do anything. All he did was do as he pleased. Nothing else. Should have been doing his school work. Instead he avoided it entirely. Eventually failing out. If you like this book, you may also like Bad Boy by Walter Dean Myers because throughout the book Walter goes through adversity. Plus he is different to. He enjoys reading and writing poems. He also faces a lot of problems. Similar to Jump Ball. I rate this book 4 out of five stars because it was an interesting read, just it shouldn’t have ended the way it did. ...more "

Jan 17, 2019 10:37AM · see review