Though wiesel did not number his sections, this sparknote has added numbers for ease of reference. Random house childrens books is the publisher of many of his titles, including on a clear day, 145th street. Night hoops is open to all young people aged 1218, but is designed specifically to offer a safe and engaging alternative for atrisk young people. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. The main character and narrator of the story, elie is fifteen years old when he is taken to the nazi concentration camps.
Read night hoops by carl deuker for free with a 30 day free trial. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Growing up in the ghetto, he does not have the proper guidance to steer his life in the right direction but he has tons of talent. Seventeenyear old lonnie wants to stay out of the violent organized crime in his neighborhood, but has no qualms about stealing a carton of scotch when the opportunity arises.
Summary nick abbott is a talented basketball player for his age. I didnt like the fact that there are no sequels to this book. The book, night hoops, was very interesting, because nick and trent were very. Prepared by years of practice, nick marches triumphantly into high school, through basketball tryouts and onto the teamalong with, to his disgust and amazement, despised trent dawson, a vicious neerdowell neighbor who. The theme of my story is to never give up on someone even if they have done something bad.
The antagonist faces a lot of adversity since his brother committed a crime. A young man who had worked with eliezer in the warehouse at buna. In this story of an unlikely bond, awardwinning author carl deuker explores that dark and confusing place between loneliness and friendship, between. The main character in hoops is seventeenyearold lonnie jackson, who clings to a dream that he will become a professional basketball player. He also really wants to be a star on the basketball team. Fast, detailed basketball action combined with a realistic depiction of life on the streets of harlem keeps kids who love sports enthralled. A guide for book clubs, literature circles, and discussion groups, grades 48. When i started reading the book, night hoops by carl deuker, i was very bored. Oct 11, 2012 when i started reading the book, night hoops by carl deuker, i was very bored. Terrible book, a very hard read for a year old who doesnt speak broken english or understand 1981 getto slang. I like the whole storyline because its based off of basketball. Night traces eliezers psychological journey, as the holocaust robs him of his faith in god and exposes him to the deepest inhumanity of which man is capable.
Night hoops by carl deukeroverview by michelle lau 2. Night hoops while trying to prove that he is good enough to be on his high schools varsity basketball team, nick must also deal with his parents divorce and the erractic behavior of a troubled classmate who lives across the street. In this story of an unlikely bond, awardwinning author carl deuker explores that dark and confusing place between. I was too small for football, a little too chicken to hang in there against the best fastballs. I love characters who have a real passion in life and nicks is basketball. The main character and what many believe to be the antagonist actually have a bond through basketball. Night characters and analysis a research guide for students. However, even when antisemitic measures force the sighet jews into supervised ghettos, elies family remains calm and compliant. Have you ever had to work insanely hard to achieve a goal in this book nick has to. He describes his younger self as a classic secondstringer. The main characters were nick, trent, luke, and nicks dad. If this book were an elder in a nursing home, charges would be brought. The main character, nick, is a great basketball player and, as a sophomore, he makes the varsity. He was 15 years old about to turn sixteen when he was taken to the concentration camps.
With all the hard work and belief in their talents, they succeed in winning a series of games in the preliminary rounds and make it to the finals. Despite warnings about german intentions towards jews, eliezers family and the other jews in the small transylvanian town of sighet now in modernday romania fail to flee the country when they have a chance. Eventually, they become a dominating duo on the court, with trents aggressiveness complemented by nicks feel for the game. Apr 24, 2000 the title of my book is night hoops by carl decker. Deuker painting the black, 1997 weaves wide bands of fastbreak, pulsepounding basketball action into this piercing exploration of family loyalties and parental failure.
Deuker delivers a story that features rounded characters dealing with real. Prepared by years of practice, nick marches triumphantly into high school, through basketball tryouts and onto the teamalong with, to his disgust and amazement, despised trent dawson, a vicious neerdowell. Among his many honors are monster, the first printz award winner and two newbery honor books, scorpions. A fellow prisoner at auschwitz and buna, akiba drumer is a deeply devout mystic with a beautiful baritone voice. He was always the type of person to never let people walk all over him and he always stuck up for himself and his. In hoops, myers makes the game of basketball symbolize the game of life. Night hoops by carl deuker by harrison latimer on prezi. But as the basketball season progresses, their lives become unexpectedly intertwined.
Night hoops, like most of carl deukers novels really focuses a lot on narrating actual games instead of the real message. The story was very simple with a plot that quickly irritated me. He loses his faith at buna and, simultaneously, his will to live. In the book night, what are three important scenes. The story i read and am writing my essay on is the book hoops by walter dean myers. Short stories, hoops, the outside shot, and what they found. Growing up in the ghetto, he does not have the proper guidance to steer his life in the right direction but he has tons of. Night hoops by carl deuker book read online scribd. Plot coach cal and lonnies team participates in the citywide tournament of champions. The way he described the different characters and what happened in all of nick abbots basketball games was the reson i didnt want to put it down and i hope you wont either. Book summary his instructor, moshe the beadle, returns from a neardeath experience and warns that nazi aggressors will soon threaten the serenity of their lives. I didnt expect some of the things but in the beginning i could tell that something huge was going to happen. He is sent to the crematories after the selection at buna. It was actually really great but you didnt sense the big change of personality in the beginning.
There, in a camp called auschwitz, eliezer is separated from his mother and younger sister. This was my first kennedy ryans book and wont be the last. Night hoops ebook by carl deuker 9780547349428 rakuten kobo. Night poops sure, if your ten, this book is perfect for you, maybe im just hyper critical, but the characters were very unrealistic, unlikeable not even nick and very underdeveloped. When the book begins, eliezer is essentially a childvery innocent. Seattle times the sports action is plentiful and moves the book along, with the characters of nick and trent making us care who wins, who loses, and exactly how they play the game. Night hoops is a very good basketball book that has a lot going on in addition to basketball. Describes the plot, setting and tells why it was enjoyable. Apr 01, 2000 deuker painting the black, 1997 weaves wide bands of fastbreak, pulsepounding basketball action into this piercing exploration of family loyalties and parental failure. For me, i think about themes in the book and moments that illustrate those themes. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Overview night hoops by carl deuker michelle l 81 slideshare. This is a quiz about a book probably most of you dont know about. The main character, nick, is a great basketball player and, as a sophomore, he makes the varsity team.
May 20, 2012 overview night hoops by carl deuker michelle l 81 1. Nick is a smart and bright minded teenage boy who loved to play basketball. Immediately download the night hoops summary, chapterbychapter analysis, book notes, essays, quotes, character descriptions, lesson plans, and more everything you need for studying or teaching night hoops. Eliezer eliezer is the narrator of night and is, in essence, a pseudopersona of the book s author, elie wiesel. Unfortunately, disaster strikes when his parents suddenly separate and his friend and teammate is implicated in the shooting of a neighborhood boy. I felt like i wasnt relating to the characters and the plot was moving too slowly. Surprisingly, a troubled neighbor who is known as a bully also made the team. Published by houghton mifflin harcourt publishing company. This story wasnt what i had expected, it was so much more. The book is about a seventeen year old boy named lonnie, faces a difficult life with the harsh nagging of his mom and trying to become pro at basketball. Read night hoops by carl deuker available from rakuten kobo.
I like the characters and their relationships with each other. Night hoops by carl deuker scot eaton by keia pannell this newsletter was created with smore, an online tool for creating beautiful newsletters for educators, nonprofits, businesses and more. This sparknote is divided into nine sections, following the organization of night. Night characters and analysis characters and analysis. Deuker delivers a story that features rounded characters dealing with real problems. Lonnie jackson is a seventeenyear old african american who lives in harlem. Carl deukers official website night hoopswinner 2003. Elie and his father support each other throughout their internment. But the game would not have been won or the championship if it were not for nick and trent practicing basketball regularly in nicks own backyard at night. In 1941, eliezer, the narrator, is a twelveyearold boy living in the transylvanian town of sighet then recently annexed to hungary, now part of romania.
Characters character list eliezer the narrator of night and the standin for the memoirs author, elie wiesel. The story is well written, realistic and breathtaking. He is a senior in high school and is feeling tense. Night hoops by carl deukeroverview by michelle lau. Fellow word shakers, when i started reading the book, night hoops by carl deuker, i was very bored. Nick abbott and trent dawson have nothing in common but basketball. Eliezer eliezer, other wise known as elie, is the main character in the novel night. He redeems himself by multiple acts of kindness, such as giving up his gold dental crown to spare his father torment for marching out of step. The tournaments run over 5 weeks on saturday evenings from 6.
Loose ends night hoops did have an ending that left me with no questions, it didnt have loose ends when i didnt understand something. I didnt like the cover of the book, it wasnt really interesting. Expertly juggling a sackful of subplots, deuker gives his characters understandable if not always. If you have read the book, however, this quiz will be simple. Night hoops by carl deuker overdrive rakuten overdrive. When nick abbott makes the varsity basketball team as a sophomore, his life seems to be perfect. Deuker delivers a story that features rounded characters dealing with real problems, set against the backdrop of a varsity basketball season. Night hoops and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. As a result, the entire jewish population is sent to concentration camps. Nick and trent are the opposite in almost every way except they both love basketball.
I chose this book because it is about basketball and i like basketball. Night follows eliezers psychosomatic and troubling journey, as the holocaust steals his humanity, robbing him of his faith in god and takes him deep into the pits of despair. When the rest of the house and the city were sleeping nick and trent were playing night hoops. Night study guide contains a biography of elie wiesel, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. In this story of an unlikely bond, awardwinning author carl deuker explores.
Night hoops 2001 read online free book by carl deuker in. Read unlimited books and audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. The reason why i am writing this essay is because i like this is a great book. The young men form an uneasy bond as they quietly practice each night on nicks backyard court. Recommendation i would recommend this book to people who enjoy basketball or people who like to read sport books. Nicks brother scott abbott is somehow a better basketball player than him, but he is a couple of years older than nick. I had to read this for school and several times stopped reading to keep my sanity. Carl deuker has written a great series of books but this is by far the best book hes written. Character list at auschwitzs block 17, he berates himself for being a spoiled child and rejecting his first plate of prison soup. The sports action is plentiful and moves the book along, with the characters of nick. Its sophomore year and nick is trying to deal with his parents divorce.
He was always the type of person to never let people walk all over him and he always stuck up for himself and his friends. The main character steals, drinks, smokes, fights, and defies authority. Night hoops by carl deukeroverview by michelle lau slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. See the newest novels, discuss with other book lovers, buy romance books online. This forbidden love story, is set in the world of the nba. After a slow start, nick, as well as trent, beat out the seniors for the starting positions. Night is full of moments that stick with readers, and the scenes that seem important. This book is for my classroom library and one of the things i try to instill in my students is that books contain knowledge and are to be treated in the same way one would treat ones elderswith gentleness and respect. Night hoops quotes by carl deuker goodreads share book. Night hoops literary elements by tanner peterson on prezi.
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