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The Story of Basketball
Grant Hill
Grant, Hill. The Story of Basketball. William Marrow and Company. New York, NY. 1997.
The Story of Basketball is a heart warming, sad, but enjoyable non-fiction story by Grant Hill. It takes place in Sacramento, California in 1986. It was published in 1997. The Story of Basketball is a good read for someone who really enjoys reading about basketball. But if your a person who does not, then this book isn't for you
The Story of Basketball is about an ordinary boy named Michael. When Michael was a young boy, all he wanted to do was play basketball. He played it night and day. On his sixth birthday he got his first basketball and on his tenth birthday his dad took him to his first Laker’s game. By the time Michael was fourteen years old he was the best basketball player in his entire school. When Michael graduated he had received a full scholarship to the top basketball school in the U.S.A.
On March 18th, Michael’s team won the game that was determining who went to the NCAA finals. His team went because of him, and his amazing talent. When they got there, they were overwhelmed with how many people showed up. They had heard about the energy of the game but never experienced anything like it.
At the very end, the game was tied 68-68 and there was a minute and thirty-two seconds left on the clock. Michael's team had the ball and Michael’s teammate, Dereck passed him the ball when he was at the free throw line. Michael jumped up to shoot, but someone elbowed him in the side Michael came falling down, and as he hit the floor everything was starting to go black for Michael.
Next thing Michael knew, he was in the emergency room with his coach sitting on the chair. Michael asked what had happened. His coach said that he had broken his rib cage and it would take a miracle for him to be able to play basketball again. But a miracle had came to Michael. Somehow his rib cage healed and he was able to play basketball once again.
The Story of Basketball is a book where if you know anything about basketball you won’t want to read it; It will just tell you what you already know. But if you don’t know anything about basketball and want to learn, this book this for you.
3 out of 5 stars.
Contributed by P. Haerr
May 12th, 2012