''Travel Team'' is a
young adult novel
Young adult fiction (YA) is a category of fiction written for readers from 12 to 18 years of age. While the genre is primarily targeted at adolescents, approximately half of YA readers are adults.
The subject matter and genres of YA correlate ...
by columnist
Mike Lupica
Michael Lupica (; born May 11, 1952) is an author and former American newspaper columnist, best known for his provocative commentary on sports in the ''New York Daily News'' and his appearances on ESPN.
Biography
Lupica was born in Oneida, ...
, about a boy named Danny Walker who is cut from his travel
basketball team
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
because of his short stature, so his father Richie responds by forming a new travel team made up of players who were cut or did not try out.
The novel was a children's
chapter book
A chapter book is a story book intended for intermediate readers, generally age 7–10. Unlike picture books for beginning readers, a chapter book tells the story primarily through prose rather than pictures. Unlike books for advanced readers, ...
''New York Times'' best seller for three months,
and was based in part on Lupica's experience when his son was cut from a basketball team.
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