Hoop City

by Scott Blumenthal

Hoop City is a basketball book about twin brothers growing up on the tough streets of New York City. While Mike Hope makes a bad decision that ends his basketball career, his brother Tony Hope finds the strength to continue his journey to NBA stardom without his wingman. This story about consequences, growing up, and basketball won Best Juvenile Fiction at the San Diego Book Awards in 2003. It is widely used for the NBA s Read to Achieve program.

138 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2002

About the author

Scott Blumenthal and Brett Hodus met on September 14th, 1999, the day that the two of them boarded the SS Universe Explorer for a 100-day voyage around the world. The two of them, one from California and the other from New York, immediately became the closest of friends. One night, Scott and Brett became inspired. They spoke about their love for sports and their belief that they both could make a difference in this world. In the early hours of the morning, a dream was born. Scobre Press Corporation was to be the means by which Scott and Brett could apply their writing abilities and love of sports to the real world. They decided to start a publishing company that would bring children into the minds and hearts of their sports heroes. In the days and months since their voyage, Scott and Brett have made this dream a reality and Scobre Press Corporation has evolved. Scobre Press is the culmination of a dream. A book with a Scobre Press logo on it dares readers to dream, as well!

Reviews

[Jourdan Hollins · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was very inspiring. It was about two brothers named tony and mike. Tony and Mike were twins. They loved basketball and they loved to win. All throughout their lives they had to prove themselves to everybody on why they were the best hoopers in the city. Tony was the careful one, he always did what was right and tried to stay out of trouble. Mike liked to take risks and acted like he was untouchable. When his brother would tell him something was a bad idea, Mike would assure him everything would be alright, except nothing was ever alright. Mike and Tony have been dreaming about playing college ball and going to the NBA but Mike made a bad decision the night before they left for college that changed both of their lives. Eventually, Tony realizes that if he wants to live out his dream he would have to do it alone. He attends the University of New York and meets his bestfriend Gibby. This book taught me to hold on to my dreams no matter what obstacles life throw at you. Also, to make the right decisions and hang out with the right crowd because one bad decision can change your whole life. It also taught me that is alright to be sad at times but you can't go around living life feeling sorry for yourself. Overall, this was a great book that has a lot of values in it.

[Kareem Felder · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was about this 2 brother that were twins.They lived in harlem.The only thing that they loved more than girls was basetball.they strat to try out for teams before u know they on a high school team playing there dreams.

[Panda #50 (Erik Torres)]

This book is about basketball.

[Lily · Rating 5 out of 5]

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