Summer Ball 148- 155

Will and Ty told Tarik about what they did the other night and how they snuck across the lake to go see Tess, Danny's "girlfriend." Tarik said that Danny couldn't just sit on the bench and watch them while he was "hurt" and Danny should at least try to be a motivator of the team. At one point Danny got in the game, and he and Rasheed were actually working good together as if nothing in the past had actually happened. They had one thing set on their mind: to win the game. It was 65- 64 with 20 seconds left in the game and Coach Powers drew up a play that had Rasheed taking the game winning shot no matter what. Well, in the game, Rasheed got triple-teamed and was forced to pass the ball back to Danny. Danny drove like the coach told him to and he looked for Rasheed, but Rasheed was still getting double-teamed. So, Danny wanted to take the game into his own hands, but when he did a step-back to free himself and got a clear open shot, he air-balled it. What will coach Ed Powers make them do next?

Summer Ball 129-141

Danny and his friends stole a canoe and are trying to get across the lake that separates Danny and Tess, this girl he likes from back home.  When they were about thirty yards away Danny got really excited and was going to stand up on the bench that had gotten wet on the way to Tess's uncle's place and when Danny tried to stand on it, he slipped and fell right into the freezing water of Coffee Lake. When Danny got out Tess said that Will, Ty, and Zach could go into the house and watch TV with her uncle while Tess got Danny towels to dry off in. Danny and Tess sat outside and talked for a long time. Danny told her all of what happened and she said that he shouldn't quit, he should stay with it. Tess kept talking him up until Will said that they should probably leave so they wouldn't get in trouble.

Summer Ball 115-128

Danny gets injured like he wanted. He was hoping it was more serious than it was, so he could go home because nobody really seemed to like him at camp, especially Ed Powers. His knee was only sprained, but he still called his parents to ask them what to do, but they didn't answer the phone. So he was going to e-mail his mom on one of their computers and they said it was fine. So, when he got on there it said there was a new message from Tess, Danny's crush from home. They talked and talked and finally Danny asked about Middletown, their hometown, but she said she didn't know. So Danny asked where she was and she said she was across the lake. Apparently when they were both back at town she talked about how her uncle has a place right across the lake from the Right Way camp.

Summer Ball 105-116

Danny was going to have a talk with Coach Ed Powers. He walked along the beach next to the lake up to Ed's house. Ed greeted him and made an iced tea for Danny and they sat outside and talked. Danny asked Ed if he could trade teams because they weren't very good at working together. Ed said that wasn't the reason and that Danny should just play a different sport like soccer. Danny wanted to get out of Right Way Camp. So, the next day when they were scrimmaging each other, he got a shot. Rasheed Hill and another player were on offense on a fast break streaking down the court. Danny was the only one on defense, a two on one. Danny first went over to the other person, then at the last second stepped in front of Rasheed and landed on his knee hard. The doctors knew for sure that it wasn't broken, but they weren't quite sure what happened to it.

Summer Ball 88-105

They were finishing up their scrimmage between the Cavaliers and Celtics, when Danny got back in. Danny was on the Celtics and the Cavaliers went on a 16-2 run. At the end of the game Coach Powers drew up a good play that made for sure that Danny would be open. So, Danny got the ball and had a wide open lane to the basket. So, he went and floated the ball up to the basket. As soon as he did, the big guy from the Cavs, Ollie, came in and caught it. He didn't block it, he just caught it in mid air. After that the whole crowd laughed at Danny.

Summer Ball 83-87

At the scrimmages, Ty's team went up against Danny's team. Ty's team was the Cavaliers and their team was really tall. They had one guy, Ollie, that was six foot six, and could dunk. When they scrimmaged, he had a lot of fast break dunks assisted by Ty. When Danny finally got in, they were down, but were coming back. They were cutting the lead fast. They got within two points.

Summer ball 77-80

When they went to Cedarville, they went to a general store. It had comic books and candy in it. Will bought a spiderman comic book. They also found an ice cream parlor a few doors down. The outside tables were filled because it was so nice out, but the inside was better because it reminded Danny and his friends of home. They talked about what had happened at camp so far, even though it had only been three days.

Summer Ball 69- 77

At Danny's basketball practice at the summer camp Right Way, his coach still doesn't like him. They start scrimmaging each other, first team versus second team. Danny is on the second team and he guards Rasheed Hill from the first team. Danny is having a bad day, and the passes that he usually makes, he can't make. He is looking like a fool. When it ends up one on one with Danny and Rasheed, Rasheed drives on Danny. Danny gets set to take the charge and Rasheed charges him and plows him into the ground. The coach says that there is no foul and ends practice without anything else.

I'm From Poem

I am from dollar store groceries  

from a ratty old vacuum and an always full trash can

I am from the five story brick apartment buildings that line both sides of the street

From my Mothers Bonzai tree

I am from the Maple tree over the Basketball court

whose long gone limbs I remember

as if they were my own.

Im from Basketball and Brown eyes

from Jerry and my mother

I’m from nervous sweating

I’m from Respect your adults and mind your own

and the music on the streets of Harlem

I’m from celebrating the holidays in the Harlem school of arts

I’m from the Harlem Hospital and a chocolate skin tone

From chicken fried steak

From the picture of our Lord Jesus Christ

Set up over our kitchen table high enough so we can all see it

Summer Ball 51-60

That morning everyone at the camp had been worked hard. They had very little water breaks. At lunch they were allowed two hours instead of one, because they were setting up teams. They were setting up the teams to be as fair as possible. It was based on what they did this morning. Danny had been put on a team with his friends, Will and Tarik. Rasheed Hill, the person Danny went up against in the National Championship, was also on their team. They had a mean coach and when Will said a joke to Danny and Danny busted out laughing, their coach made them run four laps.

Summer Ball 30-43

Danny and his friends are off to a summer camp called Right Way. It is a famous basketball camp that all of the good players go to. People on the same bus to Right Way recognize Danny and his friends from TV when the were in the televised national championship. When they get there the counselors assign cabins to every person. Danny and his friends, Ty and Will, had already had everything lined up that they would be in the same cabin. The counselors called out Ty and Will to be in the same cabin. When the counselor was done, Danny was still there; they never called his name. He went and spoke to the guy and he said that there must have been a mistake. There was a Darren Walker with them instead of Danny. So, Danny got assigned to a different cabin.