Stat+Homecourt+by+Amar’e+Stoudemire+(Robert)

My nomination:

** Stat Homecourt ** ** by Amar’e Stoudemire ** ** realistic fiction ** ** nominated by Robert **


 * This book is about 11 year old Amar’e Stoudemire and he has many things going on. School is very important to him and so are all of his activities to likes to do with his friends. Most of all he loves going skate boarding to the park and playing basketball with his friends. Even with all of these activities and school work, he also helps out his dad in his business which is landscaping. His friends Mike and Deuce are also important to this story because when a group of kids want to take over their home court in the park, he needs his close friends to try to solve this problem. Amar’e’s problem is that a group of stronger and older kids want to kick out Amar’e and his close friends and take over the court in the park. The court at the park is important to Amar’e, Mike and Deuce because this is a great place where they all get together to play sports everyday just for fun. The larger boys are being bully’s to Amar’e and his friends, so getting the court back is getting hard.Amar’e tries to stand up for himself and tell them that they had the court first. This does not work and makes it harder because it just makes the bullies angrier. What works for Amar’e and his friends is to challenge the older kids to a basketball game and the winner takes the court. If you want to know who wins, read this book written by an actual NBA star. **


 * I chose to nominate this book because the cover caught my eye when I saw a kid holding a basketball. I also chose Stat Homecourt because I really love basketball. and this book is actually written by a true NBA star. I read the back cover and it sounded really fantastic and when I read the first page, I knew I had to read about this story. **