A dream that becomes achieved with a basketball and teamwork. This perfectly describes the novel Dragon Road by Laurence Yep. This story is an amazing realistic fiction that keeps you hooked with the very first sentence. Numerous children and maybe some young teens would really enjoy this novel, since hey can relate to it so easily. One of the main characters, Barney, quotes, "Everybody need somebody." This quote very much relates to the main themes of the story, importance of family and teamwork. Calvin (a.k.a Flash), who is the main character, becomes a major basketball player from Chinatown. With the help of his basketball team, Jean, and Grandpa Joe he finally comes across the true meaning of basketball and importance of family. This fabulous story takes place in many different settings., all over America, Chinatown, and many different basketball courts. Although most of his novels are about magic and ballet, this story, Dragon Road, is all about basketball. Reading this book was very different than his other stories but, in conclusion it was a very good story.
Dragon Road is a novel that has many strong points theoughout the story. A very strong point of the story is, how Calvin learns hot to use teamwork. Occasionally, ebing under the spotlight can be a good thing, but in Calvin's case he learns how to share it. Basketball isn't a one man show, everybody has to be part of the game. In the beginning, Calvin takes all the spotlight for himself without sharing with his friends. Once Barney starts to slip away from Calvin, he finally learned that it was time for him to care and share. Overall, this was the strongest point of the story.
Dragon Road is strongly recommended for young audiences and has an important fact of life that most children go thorough. Calvin used to take all the spotlight for himself. Once children reach 7th or 8th grade, they want to be the center of everything. Reading this story can really show them what to do and what not to do with chracters that fascinate them. In conclusion, Dragon Road is an amazing novel that so many children will love.
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