Game by walter dean myers book report

Loose ends are tied up believably with an epilogue. Already have an account? Log in. Trouble signing in? Retrieve credentials. Sign Up. Pub Date: Feb. Page Count: Publisher: HarperTeen.

No Comments Yet. More by Walter Dean Myers. Reader Votes Kirkus Reviews' Best Books Of New York Times Bestseller. IndieBound Bestseller. What would you do with one day left to live? Speculative fiction. Pub Date: Sept. Show comments. More by Becky Albertalli. Pub Date: Dec. Review Posted Online: Oct. A book like this one could have all too easily fallen into cliche plot lines, but Walter Dean Myers clearly was willing to put some special effort into the crafting of this sport narrative, completely unwilling to let it degenerate into nothing but an action-packed sports book.

On that note, however, I must say that the descriptions of basketball action engineered by Walter Dean Myers in the text were extraordinary. He really has an excellent feel for the game and the subtle visual ways that it unfolds out on the hardwood, and this deep understanding allowed the novel to read, at times, like the watching of a tight basketball game.

All of this makes for a fantastic, riveting book, but what really impressed me about this sparkling novel is the profound sensitivity and insight that Walter Dean Myers fit so beautifully into the story. Here is an author who understands dreams, both broken and fulfilled, on such a full level that I was constantly amazed as I turned the pages by the sweetness of his gentle wisdom.

It's this versatility that makes "Game" a truly exceptional story, and I consider myself lucky to have read it. In my opinion, it is one of the finest young adult books of the year, or of recent times, and I would give it three and a half stars.. That's what life was about anyway, being Superman and living like life itself was important. Basketball made my life important. There ain't nothing wrong with a regular life, and that's the Lord's truth But it wasn't for me, because I wanted to be something special I knew how easy it was for a dream to die.

I seen that all around me. You could let it die by just looking the other way—you know, some of those Asian people say they don't kill nothing, but they'll take a fish out of water and lay it on the ground and then say it just died on its own—you can do that with a dream, too. And sometimes you can get so frustrated, you feel so bad about your dream, that you go on and kill it yourself.

When you do that, you're killing a piece of yourself, too. Cephus, "Game", PP. Nov 05, Josh Ginnett rated it liked it. He has a goal to play college basketball although where he lives that is tough goal to achieve.

Drew lives in a town where robbery and poverty is common. When the season starts Drew is told that halfway through the season colleges start to recruit players. When the team meets for practice halfway through the season two new white players show up. Drew realizes one of them named Tomas is good and coach does to.

Drew's coach starts giving the new white players more playing time than Drew. When the players start to make mistakes that the coach doesn't realize Drew takes matters into his own hands but when he does he is pulled out. Drew then becomes more of a team player then a star player and lands a full scholarship to Depaul a division 1 College.

The moral of this book is not to be selfish. In the begging of this book Drew only cares about himself. Even though Drew is a great player there was no way he could carry the team on his shoulders and he finally realizes that. At the beginning of the book Drew shoots whenever he gets the chance, he didn't pass, and he only cared about himself. When coach starts cutting some of his game time out then he starts to care about the team and actually become a better player by being a team player.

Overall this book was not that great because it didn't pull me in very much. This was not suspenseful at all and I could almost predict what would happen next. I would give this book a 6. Apr 06, Jovan Lynch added it. Walter is a vivid writer who exemplifies the street life and portrays it to the reader. He has a way of painting a picture of the way the urban life no matter what race, sex, nationality or social class you can relate to Walters novels.

In Game we are introduced to a young talented player. He is a typical high schooler living with his mother, father and little sister, struggling with Othello and playing basketball. Now there's basketball then there's Drew Lawson Basketball. Drew is a different breed while he struggled in class he felt home and completly in control on the court. Then everything changed when a new player Thomas transfered to his school. Thomas was a new kid at the school driven from his old country with his dad in jail for going against the government.

After that the country was hit by a tsunami wave that flooded his village. As soon as Thomas came he was the star. That was Drews spot all around he was the better player and everyone knew it, and how to best defend a driving guard Thomas had a different thing going for him. Thomas was a white kid playing on an all black team. Together Thomas and Drew played competing for glory scouts and girls.

As they worked hard on the court and off the court Thomas and Drew formed a bond as team mates. Drew discovered that basketball isnt everything at the end of the novel when sky missed a clutch three to win the game.

He realized that the world is a game and you have to play with heart to get somewhere and be sucessful. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Drew is the star player in his high school basketball team, the Barrick Chargers.

He hopes to get into one of the good schools that have a good basketball team and has always dreamed of playing in the NBA. He lives in Harlem, but he doesn't want to be like the people in Harlem who can play but has gone the wrong way. Then when a new white kid joins the basketball team, House his coach and Fletcher the assistant coach gives him all the attention and Drew feels threatened. But they're doing that because they're teaching the players to be team players instead giving the spotlight to a star player.

It's the second half of the season and if they lose 2 games, Drew may not play for the NBA. Later on in the story, Drew learns to be a team player and gets into a good college. I think that this a really good book for people who play basketball, but also for people who might not like basketball at all. But the author should talk more about Drew when he's not playing basketball or when he's not at school.

Drew is a dynamic character because he changes from the beginning of the book to the end. Drew is this star player who gets the spotlight, but later on, he changes and turns to a team player. I think Game is one of my favorite books I've ever read. Jan 12, Ms. Yingling rated it really liked it. This story of a Harlem boy who wants to do well enough at basketball to go to college and maybe even play professionally will never make it back to the shelves. It is fast paced, has lots of descriptions of games and how people play basketball, and is interspersed at good intervals with other situations facing the characters, including a brother who is facing jail time for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

When Myers is good, he is very, very good, and he is certainly on the top of his This story of a Harlem boy who wants to do well enough at basketball to go to college and maybe even play professionally will never make it back to the shelves. When Myers is good, he is very, very good, and he is certainly on the top of his game with this one.

Feb 26, Brody Deerberg rated it it was ok. The main character in this book is Drew he plays basketball and is pretty good at it he grew up in a bad part of town where there were stabbings and gangs all over. Basketball helped him break through all of the gangs and everything which I thought was pretty cool because he had never known there was another way to live instead of partaking in gangs until he met basketball.

Drew however though has a bad temper and keep himself under control, which is one of the things that made me mad during thi The main character in this book is Drew he plays basketball and is pretty good at it he grew up in a bad part of town where there were stabbings and gangs all over.

Drew however though has a bad temper and keep himself under control, which is one of the things that made me mad during this book. Drews temper got the best of him one time at practice and this made House his coach sit him for a few games, which I understand but he shouldn't have sat 5 games because of what he did. Two new guys came onto the team and they were both white and this was odd because everyone on the team was black, they were supposedly good and without even partaking in one practice they started the next game, which made me pretty mad.

Ruffy there center makes me pretty mad because he believes that he can do everything even though he really can't. Ruffy took the ball with a minute left in one of these games and missed the shot even though Drew was wide open, this made me pretty mad. Sky was the starting point guard for the team and I really like him because he was really good but he was very humble also. Sky in their final game of the season stole the ball with 5 seconds left and he passed it to Drew who hit the game winner which made seem to like Sky a lot more now.

Even after Drew hit the shot, the next game House still hardly played him which made me really mad because he had been playing really good and the coach won't even play him. All in all this book wasn't that good of a book in my mind, I really don't know why because of the storyline of how Drew hardly played or that everyone in the book just seemed to not like Drew.

Apr 10, Tee Whited rated it liked it. This book was a lot better than I thought it would be. It just inspires people that things get tough and not everything goes your way.

That was the case with Drew, he was the star of his basketball team until the coach brought in a new offense. This offense makes another guy the star and Drew is not satisfied by not being the star. This book kind of inspires people to keep pursuing their goal and be the best they can be. Drew does everything he possibly can to become better and put him in a posi This book was a lot better than I thought it would be.

Drew does everything he possibly can to become better and put him in a position to be the star he wanted to be. It isn't gonna be easy for him but with his attitude and drive a guy would think he will get what he wants.

I was pretty impressed from this book. It really is something that can happen in real life, or that it is based on a true story. If you are into sports and know how difficult it really is to be an athlete, then this book would be a good one for you. I would recommend this book to many even if they are not interested in sports because it is a good life lesson. Jun 12, Ty McDonald rated it really liked it. Drew is a 17 year old high school basketball player who has aspirations to go onto college and play college basketball.

He always had loved basketball, but now it was more important than ever to him because he wants to go to college but will need a scholarship to be able to afford it. He had never done well in school, and sports was all he really had. Game is about Drew trying to handle being a teenager while trying to win a championship to get noticed for college.

Drew was doing well until his Drew is a 17 year old high school basketball player who has aspirations to go onto college and play college basketball. Drew was doing well until his coach messed it all up for him. His coach then starts to favor a new white kid, and Drew starts to notice he is losing his playing time to this new kid, and he isn't about to let someone take away his hard work.

Drew needs his playing time back because the championship is right around the corner. I like the way this book was written. It was written in a way that you can tell it was written for teenage boys to read. The characters use dialogue in a realistic way, and use a lot of slang.

I like this because it makes the book feel relatable. Apr 04, Kegan added it. This was a really great book. Nov 20, Aidan Conroy added it. I think this book was a decent novel talking about the choices in a young athletic teenagers life. May 22, Jaidenk rated it it was amazing. He is playing basketball. His coach is named House. He and his team are trying to win the championship in high school basketball. He is pretty much the best in his team.

Early in the story two white kids join the team from another country. They also think they are good. They have to find a way to work together as a team if they want to win. This book was a very interesting book. I could never really put the book down.

I was always wondering what was happening next. I would recommend this book to anyone that likes sports. You should read this book for an easy, fun read. Mar 15, Ryan added it. This was a very good book. It was one of my favorite sports book iv read with some interesting parts in it.

Nov 18, Roman C rated it it was amazing. The book talks about the life of this kid named Drew who likes to play basketball and dreams of getting into a good college with a basketball team who plays in division A. I recommend this book to people who like reading about sports. Jul 16, Sully M rated it it was amazing. Drew is on his high school basketball team and is the best player on the team. About halfway through the season, the team's coach, House, brings in a new player from Prague, a place in the Czech Republic.

Drew usually only plays less than a full 12 minute quarter. Two of the biggest characters in the book were the main character Drew and the new kid Tomas. When Tomas first showed up, he was just given everything and all of the things he was given were taken for Drew, his starting position, his minutes, and almost his jersey number Drew was able to keep it just barely.

Drew and Tomas get into a fight because Drew is enraged about how a random kid just comes out of nowhere and takes everything he has without having to work for it. The story reminds me of a now pro basketball player named Jahlil Okafor because his coach brought in three new players to try and see what it would be like without Jahlil in the lineup because it was his senior year there.

Both of them have minutes take away but only Drew has his starting spot taken. But both Jahlil and Drew seem to have very similar lives and they remind me of each other. There may have been a slight piece of imagery during the championship game but that may have been it. The vocabulary and writing made it an easy read. I would recommend this book to other people. I had a really fun and enjoyable time when I was reading this book and when I got to the end I wanted to read it again and again.

The story shows you how hard life is for some people and how you need to put in your best effort to get what you want in life. I would rate it a 5 out of 5 and would recommend that everyone reads it. Sep 21, Crodriguez rated it it was amazing. Cristian Rodriguez Mr. This book was publication in The genre is fiction, The award it won was New York times bestselling.

There was pages in this book. The main character is Drew and his supporters is Mom and hes Pops and his sister Jocelyn. The setting is in New York City.

The protagonist is the team hes playing for. Some choices the main character has to make is when he play with Cristian Rodriguez Mr. Some choices the main character has to make is when he play with hes team that means. That he got to make good shots in a basketball game because if he don't make shots that means that his team not gonna win. In the story the major conflict is he got to go and get a scholarship for basketball. So he can go on to be a NBA player because that what he want to be.

The antagonist is the team hes going against. Other characters in the story are people in his team he have a couple of players but not gonna name all of them but gonna name all the mains one. They are House he's the team coach and others are Ricky,Abdul, and Fletch The theme in the book is about basketball.

The message the author trying to communicate is that always try your best. Even when you look at the future and you think things not going great just keep going and don't stop. Than somewhere its going to be a opening and that's when things going to come back again.

The characters help the author message by telling Drew that hes doing really good and don't stop playing basketball. Just because one day you will get where you want to be. One of the character in the story GAME he was going for a shot and there was like 5 sec on the clock and it was a tie game. But when Drew gave him the ball and he just stand there and didn't shout it so Drew got the ball and got the lap up.

Than they won, But if I was the guy were just standing there I would just went for the shot or the lay up.

What I liked about the book is how it talks about someones life. That's how I love my books I like it where an author talks about hes or her life. It can be fake but that does not mean that it can't happened. Another thing I like about this book is how he's one of the best in the team in he's basketball team. Even how close he's game is and one mistake and than they can get a lost.

What I don't about the book is how there was not that much auction only when he play basketball. So only the game where the action not outside of he's life. But besides that this was a really good book. Don't get me wrong but this is a really good book. For people that watch sports or play sports. Should read this book, not only people that play basketball. Just because in the book there's time where Drew that he think that he gonna lose but he still try his best to win.

Than when he win he's not happy for his self but he's happy for his team and he's family. View 2 comments. Mar 03, Kendall Ratliff added it. Drew Lawson was the star of his school basketball team. He knew he had game and so did everybody else. While I was reading a felt as though I could imagine myself there and as if it was real life. In the book there is life like situations that happen there in Harlem that happen here in our world.

I can really picture in my mind how everything would look like based from reading. Drew Lawson one of the most important and main character of the book, is actually like a regular kid growing up in Harlem. With hardships, success, school and everything you would expect a kid to have.

Drew is my favorite character out of the book because he is just like me, plays basketball. Both me a Drew understand the bad influences around us but we got to not let them interfere in what our goals are. And Walter Dean Myers sent that message through Drew. Knowing Harlem was a place where crimes are often at. Walter Dean Myers knew that making the character Drew would help other kids in the same situation recognize that it is possible to make it out of tough neighborhoods like Drew did.

Walter Dean Myers made the message a hundred percent clear. So my final thoughts about the book are that it is a good book and I do recommend it.

Sep 01, J'rell Renford rated it really liked it. I think the peron that changed the most from the beginning of the book to the end of the book was Drew. At the beginning of this book he was a self-centered, cocky ball player who thought of himself as the star of the team.

Then when a new player Tomas came to the school Drew feels as though he needs to solidify his spot on the team in order to show him who the man is on the team. When the coach suddenly benches him he decides in order to play again he will have to change his mentality to someon I think the peron that changed the most from the beginning of the book to the end of the book was Drew.

When the coach suddenly benches him he decides in order to play again he will have to change his mentality to someone who is a leader, a team player, but is still confident. At the end of this novel his school team would go on to lose to Franklin K. Lane high school in a hard fought battle. This would be a big eye opener for Drew. He knew that in order for him to play on he would have to accept new challenges, even if it meant he would have to compete for a spot on a college team.

All around him his teammates got offers to Division I and II colleges. He though his basketball career was over. Just when he did a scout from the University of DePaul and a priest show up at his house. They wanted him to attend. The thing that caused Drew to change from the beginning was when Tomas came to the school. At the end of the book Drew realizes what true potential he has and in order for him to do something with it he would have to venture out and try new things.

In the end Drew would go to college opening up a new chapter in his life. May 20, David Gutierrez rated it liked it. Drew Larson is an African-American who loves basketball.

He is the main player for his high school team, it's his last season before he goes to college and hopefully plays ball there. As the season goes on they have another player come and try to take his role in the team. He can not lose it because that's the only way he will make it to college. He has to keep his cool and cooperate with the adjustments his coaches are doing.