Myers, Walter Dean. Game. New
York, NY: HarperTeen, 2008
Game by Walter Dean Myers is a great
fiction novel about how a basketball player named Drew grows up in a rough
neighborhood and how basketball keeps him in line. Drew is an African-American
basketball player that dreams of playing basketball in college and in the NBA.
He is a star basketball player at his school and hopes to make a run in the
playoffs this year. Drew lives with his parents and very smart little sister.
The first half of the season is going great, until the coach brings in two
white players to join the team. One player is from the Czech Republic and is
taking over Drew’s spotlight even though he isn’t very good. Drew initially is
angered that the coaches and media are focusing on these new players. Then many
issues arise between the coach and Drew. He is constantly on the bench even
though he is their best player and everyone knows it. Eventually Drew learns
that he needs to be a team player and that Drew and these new players will need
to mesh in order for them to succeed his senior season. They make the playoffs
and Drew learns to become a team player. He then receives a scholarship to
DePaul University and stays friends with his new teammates.
This
was a well written book but at times lacked character development and information
about the characters. It was a good representation of how athletics can keep an
athlete living in a rough neighborhood out of trouble. The one thing that I
felt was missing was why the kid from the Czech Republic got so much attention
when in the book he was described at not that good of a player. Also it was
confusing where the team was at during the season as far as record wise and at
what time of the year they were playing. I think the book fit in well with my
project because it gave some detail on how hard some athletes have to work to
get out of their community and how it can save them from dropping out of high
school and keeping them out of trouble.
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