num_pages: 256
description: Nick Abbott and Trent Dawson have nothing in common but basketball. It's sophomore year and Nick is trying to deal with his parents' divorce. He also really wants to be a star on the basketball team. Trent, his neighbor, is angry, and aggressive. The two form an uneasy bond as they quietly practice each night on Nick's backyard basketball court. But as the basketball season progresses, their lives become unexpectedly intertwined. In this story of an unlikely bond, Carl Deuker explores the confusing place between loneliness and friendship, between faithfulness and betrayal. Filled with gripping game play, this is a story about choices.While trying to prove that he is good enough to be on his high school's varsity basketball team, Nick must also deal with his parents' divorce and the erractic behavior of a troubled classmate who lives across the street.
language: English
title: Night Hoops
titlecomplete: Night Hoops
genres: Teen, Basketball, Young Adult, Family, High School, Sports, Fiction, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 1297
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Rhode Island Teen Book Award
publisher: HarperTeen