Javonte

Hoops of Steel
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==// "Convincing and exciting- John Foley's Hoops of Steel is terrific and deserves a wide audience." -- Carl Deuker, author of Night Hoops // == media type="youtube" key="IuMPVq2YzTk" height="344" width="425"

==** "Jackson's senior year of high school is overshadowed by something that happened at home during his junior year. His family has since split up, with his dad moving to California and his mother moving his sister to a nearby town." -- Lyn Seippel **==

__** Quotes **__  **"She's not my real grandmother. Both of them died when i was young. The truth is she's just a nice neighbor lady who took me in after things went crazy last year. She treats me like I'm a relative, though, and i can talk to her about just anything. Plus she's a basketball nut."**

 **"We play pick up games whenever we have time to. I always make sure i pick our newest teammate and student, Ronnie because he is a great player."**

**"** **When you're the top dog, everybody wants to put you in the pound."**



==**"In the year since his family was torn apart by domestic violence, high-school-senior Jackson O'Connell has tried to keep his life on track. He is helped by Granny Dwyer, a neighbor who took him in and provides a stable home, and by his passion for playing basketball. Then a coach derails his basketball plans, and over the course of the school year, Jackson wrestles with his anger and insecurity. In his debut novel for youth, Foley includes too many troubling subplots that require deeper treatments".-- book list reviews **==



My you tube video relates to my book because Jackson, the main character of my book, went through something close to what my youtube video relates to. the video is about a young man (Chris Paul) who loved the game of basketball in high school and so did his grandfather. his grandfather made it to every game and didnt miss one. one day Chris found out that his grandfather died. so his next game Chris decided he was going to score 61 points for his grandpa because his grandpa was 61 when he died. In my book it somewhat relates to this story because Jackson found out one day that his father almost committed suicide from all the alcohol he drunk one night, so Jackson made a deal with his father, the deal was that if he could score 30 points in a game he would stop drinking.

My first picture is a picture of basketballs. I chose this picture because basketball is basically the whole plot of my book. This picture represents the main idea. The main idea is about a kid named Jackson that wants to make it to the NBA.

My second picture is a picture of the NBA logo. I chose this picture because Jackson's dream is to sometime play in the NBA. His favorite player is Ray Allen of the Boston Celtics. He is trying his hardest to make it somewhere ,but his high school basketball coach wont play him because he is the only senior and didn't play the previous year do to a injury.

I chose my first quote because i know the exact feeling he is expressing through that quote. Somewhat the same thing has happened to me. If you have someone that treats you like this it makes you feel great inside. That's why i chose this quote.

I chose my second quote because this relates to me and what my friends and i do in life. Basketball is also most of my friends favorite sports and we wouldn't mind making it somewhere big either. Also when we are playing pick up games I make sure I pick our newest teammate Tyler because he is a great player.

I chose my third quote because it makes a lot of sense. it's basically saying if you have a great team that everyone wants to beat you and is jealous of you. This also relates to life because a lot of teams goals are to beat Wethersfield in any sport they play. So we must obviously be that "top dog".