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Nick, Kia and their Mississauga Magic teammates are on the road, heading off to an elite hoop tournament in the Midwest. Feeling outmatched by many of the high profile teams, the kids are still looking forward to a good time. However, Coach Barkley, who played college ball in the area and is still regarded as a hero, has other ideas. As usual, nothing but winning will be good enough for Coach. As the tournament progresses, the Magic players learn to believe in themselves and come to realize that they can hold their own against the opposing teams. And then, just as the team seems to have a shot at making the finals, the eligibility of one of their players is questioned and they face disqualification. Will the team spirit the road trip has instilled be strong enough to get the kids over this hurdle? Eric Walters' first four titles in this series, Three on Three, Full Court Press, Hoop Crazy! and Long Shot have all been bestsellers. Road Trip is the fifth of eight books in the Nick and Kia basketball series. Book one is Three on Three. Book two is Full Court Press. Book three is Hoop Crazy! Book four is Long Shot. Book six is Off Season. Book seven is Underdog. Book eight is Triple Threat.
Inexplicably, Nick, Kia, and the other members of the Mississauga Magic, a basketball team of nine year olds, are starting their season with the Mumford International Invitational Tournament, which means a nine hour road trip. More annoying than the long trip is the thought that they don't really deserve to be in this elite, media covered event. Their coach, who played in this tournament many years ago before he became a high school, college, and briefly, an NBA player, made a few phone calls and well, here they are. They find that in order to do their best, come together as a team, and have a little fun, they must overcome multiple adult obstacles. Media pressure, unfair officiating, even the coach's volatile enthusiasm, to put it nicely, are weathered well until the final insult is delivered. The tournament officials decide one of the Magic's players is ineligible. If she plays, their team will be disqualified. Find out what a team does! Part of an untitled basketball series for young readers. 2002, Orca Book Publishers,
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Michael Steinford
reviewed Road Trip on August 24, 2012
Road Trip
Creating a scrapbook in 1927, a young girl tells the story of how her family orders a house in the mail and puts together the kit with a bucket of nails. She talks about how they move out of the little house they share with their grandparents and all the changes and excitement of the new technology she discovers; like an electric refrigerator, electric lights, a washing machine, a gas stove, and running water indoors.
The first time that I read this book I was immediately intrigued at how the speaker so easily pulls the reader in, by pulling you through a "time warp" back to the time when she was writing. I was disappointed in the fact that this idea of directly addressing the reader was not carried throughout the book. Overall I love how the book is organized to make it feel like it is a scrapbook of sorts, with illustrations of photographs, pressed flowers, and labels of these images to make it seem like a real scrapbook. I also like how Wells formatted the text in the book. By choosing a font that looks like writing and framing the words as if they were written on real paper, helps carry the idea that the speaker is writing a letter throughout the book. The cover also ties into the theme of a scrapbook and the illustration is of a girl (the main character) holding a scrapbook, which shows that the young girl is the speaker and is most likely holding the book that we are reading. I think this book would be an interesting book to use in the classroom if talking about how to write a personal story, or a narrative. Also it would be interesting to use this book to show how to use pictures to help the reader know what you are talking about in the text.
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