The Hoopster

i am reading this book for my reading report

This is the best book i've ever read so far,and i give it a two thumbs up.I just finished it yesterday in class

this book is wow… i want to read more…
you are an amazing author… my teacher gave me this book and i was like man its gonna be whack.. but it was the opposite. i love readin' cuz' o this…

lovee thiss booooookkkkk <3

i am honestlyy in love with this book , and i am look foward to reading more books by this author its definently a great book on lovee , basketball , and lessons .

I LOVED this book. It is my all time favorite (and that is saying a lot because I read a bunch!) I play basketball so I can really relate to it. I plan to read Hip-hop high school next. I want to say thank you to Mr. Sitomer for talking about “real subjects” like sports, teenage love, gangs and drugs. This is why teenagers love your books. That is why I love your books. Keep up the good work! I am so glad that you blog! You have answered all of my questions for my English report. Thanks=p

i really like all of your books they caught my i the i read was “Homeboyz” and i dont like to read im 13 and i really really dont like to read but when i started your book i couldnt leave and when i did i came running back i read your book in 1 and a half day. but alls i have left to say is can you please make movies out of your books i would really really love to see them.

p.s. pretty please can you make them a movie if you can, thank you for your time!

Hey man i loved this book i read the summary and was like i love it already and i started the hip hop highschool this morning after the hoopster i love reading and im only in The 7th grade you are a wonderful auother keep it up

I GOT THE BOOK *_*THE HOOPSTER*_* AT THE BEGNING OF THE BOOK IT IS GOOD THISBOOK MAKE ME LAUGH REAL HARD IN SCHOOL I GOT THE BOOK HOOPSTER AT THE SCHOOL RIF DAY IFU DONT KNOW WHAT THAT IS. IT ISA DAY WHEN U CAN GET A BOOK IN IT'S YOURS IM ON THE 4TH CHAPTHER OF THE THATS REALLY GOOD FORAN 7TH GRADER THAT GOT THE BOOK DOING 8TH PD WHILE I WAS IN, INSCHOOL ANYWAY HAVE TO GO FINSH RADE TE GREAT BOOK THE HOOPSTER ALAN LAWRENCE SITORNER

so this book is mostly bout him being beat down nd racism
rite

you ppl are a bunch of nerds…

I was hesitant to use this book with my juniors this year because of the theme and violence. My students, however, got very into the book. Well written, interesting, and all around enjoyable. Thank you for providing kids with something they can not only relate to, but enjoy reading.

what is the setting plot character development

yeahh same ihate reading but when iread homeboyz icouldnt get my hands off of it.. i finished it in 2 days..i am looking forwoard to read hoopsters

yeahh same ihate reading but when iread homeboyz icouldnt get my hands off of it.. i finished it in 2 days..i am looking forwoard to read hoopsters

Where can I get this book from if i live in Washington dc. U r a great author and i want read all of your books.

who publish the book

i think this book will be a very good book for people to read.

im reading dis book right now on my reading report … n its da best book i ever read

I need this boook

this book is freakin awsome!! lol

i got the book so far so good i love basketball so i love that book!!!!
please put more books like that out for the young

i love tis book it iz my fav

But when Andre gets his chance at the big time he incites flaming passions in areas no one ever expected, including the heart of his smart, ambitious, hot girlfriend, Gwen, and the hateful soul of a vicious gang of racists. Triumph turns to tragedy as a violent attack calls everything Andre ever believed into question and he is forced to fight an internal war with himself about how to do battle with unabashed brutality, silent depression and a thir

. St. Mary’s team going against talented, experienced and tall Fargo Shanley, the top-ranked team in Class A girls basketball according to The Hoopster. …

This BooK caN b SO iNTereSTinG aS YuR readINg it..!hMM VerY INtereStiNG…

I loVe ThiS booK!mY FiRST tiMe ReadiNG iT I neVer NeW I Would HaVe Liked iT!!;)

I have read this book and I feel that it teaches a very important lesson. You can be beaten up, gossiped about,( in a bad way) or anything in any possible way to hurt you. But, you will alway’s have a heart and a mind to stand for what you believe in. And, at the end it is your choice whether or not if you are going to continue on your path. This book had me deeply moved and I was interested in every page. Great humor, great inspiration. I will make sure to own this book and the rest you have written in this trio with a 2 thumb’s up!!!!!!!

With Friday night high school football games being a way of life, Dowdell recalls living his as a hoopster in Pahokee being pretty tough, sometimes lonely. “It was a lot of times I would be on the basketball court by myself,” says Dowdell. …

i loved this book and i am doing a project on it and wanted to know what basketball team andre was on and who was his favorite bball player

hey ijust started reading the bok and it sounds good already can’t wait to finish it…!

Hey I just started reading this BOOK &’dd it is AWESOME…!

my bestfriend TEI said she LOVED it very much….! &’dd she is sitting next to me just a smiling @ me -OMG….! (TEI voice)

de book iz gud

no its about a boy that has alot going for him and he writes an article about racism and makes the racist mad so the beat him up and his parents think he will neverr come out of depression

me to

[...] The Hoopster [...]

I love it, Finished in 4 hours

i stopped reading this book in the middle
 

sounds like a good book 

im doing a book report on it

THIS BOOK SUCKS.

from whrsd?

Based on the true story of Harlem hoopster Earl Manigault. (2 hrs.) (102) >>> Dean Spanley Jeremy Northam. A Brit meets a man who tells stories of his past …

i am doing this book for my book report and its a really good book =]

need help
I NEED HELP FOR A NEWS PAPER REVIW

Go read this amazing HOOD TO DUMMIES BOOK its great.

I’ve read This and Homeboyz and I loved em both. I finished the book in 3 days cuz I couldnt stop reading them. I wish they would never end. Looking forward to reading Hip Hop High school this week

This book was Amazing. I actually wanted to sit down and finsih it when i first started reading it!

Thanks for the props!

All my best,

Alan

Alan Lawrence Sitomer
California Teacher of the Year, 2007
& author of two new YA comedies
Disney Book Group’s
NERD GIRLS
& Penguin Putnam’s
THE DOWNSIDE OF BEING UP
Learn more at http://www.AlanSitomer.com

O.M.G The book Homeboyz by: Alan Lawrence Sitomer is so awesome I love it Love it LOVE IT. Can’t wait to read another one of his books again I have to go to the library to get another one of his books….

Signed,__SpookKILLA