He still feels far away from JB and does not like that Dad is living in the hospital. When Josh talks to his dad privately, he bitterly wonders why his Dad jumped ship he had thought his dad was “Da Man.”ĭad finally wakes up he and Josh are able to talk to each other honestly, but it is very hard for him.
He might be able to hear them and the doctor thinks he will be fine, but JB is sobbing and Mom is shocked. Alexis calls 911 JB runs to get water, but Dad is out cold.ĭad falls into a coma because of a myocardial infarction. One day, while everyone is at the rec center playing hoops, Dad clutches his chest and falls to the floor. Coach comes to him and tells him he has to make things right with JB and get on the court. His hope is to get back on for the playoffs. He is still a little bummed about both JB and now their friend Vondie having girlfriends as well as his not being on the team.
Josh makes small inroads with JB after writing him a letter and trying to be patient with him. However, he also decides that he has to get back on the court, so he accepts a coaching position at a local college. Mom insists he go to the doctor and he finally agrees. He gets a nosebleed while yelling at the referee at one of the games, and he throws up at home. While Josh is off the team and trying to make amends with JB, Dad displays more evidence of being sick. He is punished by being suspended from the team, but JB’s refusal to talk to him or accept his apology is almost worse. At one game, this all comes to a head when Josh passes the ball extremely hard at JB’s face and almost breaks his nose. Over time, Josh grows more frustrated with JB pulling away from him. It is clear JB wants Alexis-or “Miss Sweet Tea,” as Josh calls her because once, after a game, she offered JB some of that drink-to be his girlfriend. Josh is a bit disconcerted at his brother’s lack of focus. There is a new girl at school with pink Reeboks who also plays basketball, and JB falls hard for her. He laughs this off and claims he does not trust doctors because his father died after he went to the doctor. This is bad for his hypertension, and she encourages the family to eat healthily and for Dad to see a doctor. Their parents are very supportive of the game, but Mom says Dad is too supportive because he gets too worked up. They pull off some fantastic wins early on. The boys are working diligently to win the championship. When the novel begins, summer is over and the new season has started.
Crystal Bell, is the assistant principal at their school.
CROSSOVER BOOK FREE
Dad is always giving them his famous “Basketball Rules” and telling stories of when they were children and could shot free throws by age three. Their father, Chuck “Da Man” Bell, was a famous basketball player back in the day, but he no longer plays because, as the boys discover when snooping through his box of memorabilia, he has patellar tendonitis. Basketball is extremely important to them, and they both want to play professionally someday. He and his twin brother Jordan-or JB-are basketball stars and are best friends on and off the court. The narrator of the novel (which is told in verse) is Josh Bell, an 8th-grade boy.
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