Health book report

Jordan Curren

1.
Night Hoops
Carl Dueker
224 pages
#2

2. In the book Night Hoops Trent Dawson and Nick Abbott have one goal, winning that state championship. Nick and Trent work on their games for hours and hours in Nick's back yard, where there is a basketball court that Nick's dad built for him. It is not easy though for Nick because his parents are going through a divorce and Trent has to deal with his troublemaker brother and his mom who is a drunk. But whenever they have to deal with their problems they take care of it through basketball.

3. This book relates to health because of alchohal, drugs, and stress. Trent and his brother get into a lot of trouble with the law because of drinking and doing stupid stuff. Trent also has to deal with the stress of his mom coming home with a different guy every night. Nick has to deal with a lot of different family problems. All of the problems started because of Nick's brother Scott. Scott just wants to play his trumpet but his dad will just not put up with it because he has a lot of talent on the basketball court. His dad pushes him way to hard and that is what causes the divorce.
4. This book relates to the real world because all the time we see kids getting into trouble with the law because they drink when they are underage and they do stupid stuff. Also Trent lives in a bad enviorment where there is a lot of yelling, and the house is basically a hole, and some kids really have to go through that. It also relates to the real world because some kids have to go through there parents divorces like Nick and Scott had to. And a lot of times the reasons parents get divorced is because of the kid and one parent may take one side while the other takes the other side.
5.
1. What position does Nick play in basketball? He plays the point guard spot.
2. What is Trent's best attribute in basketball? Great rebounder and a great defender.
3. Why do Nicks parents get divorced? Because of Nick's brother Scott, who prefers playing the trumpet over basketball.
4. What does Trent and his brother do to get in trouble the first time? They kill a bunch of birds for no reason.
5. What is the #1 thing that Nicks dad tells him to do? To take the game winning shot when the opportunity is there.
6. What did Zach do to get in trouble the 2nd time? Shot a kid and almost killed him.
7. How did Nick almost die? Trent and Zach almost drowned him.
8. Who saved Nicks life? Luke, the guy on his basketball team.
9. How does Nick thank Luke? He takes him to a Sonics game.
10. How many sophmores made the varsity basketball team? 3, Nick, Trent, and Luke.
11. How does Trent get kicked off the team the first time? Calls his coach fat.
12. Who helps build the court? Mr. Clay, Trents step dad.
13. What does Mr. Clay try to do for Trent? He tries to help him become a better person and tries to actually keep him and Zach under control.
14. What motivated Nick to get better? He couldn't beat his brother in one on one and he always got kicked off the court when there friends came to play.
15. What made Scott finally decide to quit? Nick beat him in one on one.
16. What amazed Nick about Trent? He never got tired, even after practice he was still practicing.
17. How did Trent first get ineligable? He was failing every class.
18. Why did Trent ditch everything that was going well for him for his brother? Because he said his brother had always been there for him.
19. What was something Zach had done for Trent that Trent would never forget? One morning before school his mom was laying on the floor naked with a guy and was passed out and Trent made him breakfast and got him ready for school.
20. What happens in the end? Trent plays the last couple of games to help them get to the state tournament.