He has carved out a niche as the sporting worlds finest storyteller. Travel team by mike lupica and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The story enthralls the detials of danny walker forming his own team of the rejects, and making his comback. Travel team by mike lupica worcester academy english 8.
The theme of the book is to never give up and to keep trying no matter what. Travel team is the first novel i have read from mike lupica and i will be going out very soon to buy many more of his sports novels. Travel team study guide contains a biography of mike lupica, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. I thought it was a good book so then i picked travel team. Travel team is a young adult novel by columnist mike lupica, about a boy named danny walker who is cut from his travel basketball team because of his short stature, so his father richie responds by forming a new travel team made up of players who were cut or did not try out. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read travel team. The story of travel team is great, how a 12 year old little man named danny who is very small for his age overcomes his defeats and also renews a relationship with his father, who becomes his coach. Because no one plays with more heart or court sense. I do not want to give away the ending to this wonderful story but i would like to tell you about this book and its amazing characters. Lupica is also a sunday morning regular on espns the sports reporters. Mike lupica recommendations setting dannydanny is a small kid who is fantastic at basketball he is also he has brown hair with brown eyes.
I like books by mike lupica i am the only one in my family that reads his books. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. The trailer for the book travel team by mike lupica. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading travel team. The novel was a childrens chapter book new york times best seller for three months, and was based in part on lupica s. Mike lupica, a nationally known columnist for the new york daily news, has written books for both fathers and sons.
Directed at young basketball players, travel team is the story of danny walker, who is cut from the towns traveling team because of his size. The book is based on a 12yearold boy named danny walker. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. For a small man, richie walker casts a large shadow over his sons life. Travel team isbn 9780142404621 pdf epub mike lupica. The theme is to never give up because in the beginning of the book, danny doesnt make the vikings, a travel basketball team that he has been on the past 3 years. The main characters in travel team, by mike lupica, are danny walker, ty ross, will stoddard, tess hewitt, ali walker mom, richie walker dad, and teddy moran. Written by mike lupica, audiobook narrated by oliver wyman.
I would rate my book a 55 stars becuse of the theme and the story. A quiz about the book by mike lupica why was danny cut from the towns travel team. When they arrived luckily i picked up travel team and read it first. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. The travel team community note includes chapterbychapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you. This acclaimed book by mike lupica is available at in several formats for your ereader. He ends up creating his own travel team and beating the vikings in the end. Dannys father, still smarting from his own troubles, knows danny isnt the only kid. Danny walker would like nothing more than to follow in his fathers footsteps.
He is one of the best basketball players that this town travel. Travel team by mike lupica is absolutely one of the best books i have read this year. Pdf travel team by mike lupica download pdf free ebook. Travel team by mike lupica is one of the most moving and heart warming stories that i have ever read. Leading your travel team to the national championship may seem like a dream come true, but for danny, being at the top just means the competition tries that much harder to knock him off. Twelveyearold danny walker may be the smallest kid on the basketball court but dont tell him that. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. He lives in new canaan, connecticut, with his wife, taylor, and their four children.