Rebound

By Eric Walters

Book Overview

"It's like I said, it isn't what you do with the shots you make, but with the ones that don't go in. The rebounds."

Sean vows that this year will be different: he'll stay out of trouble and make the basketball team, even if it means ditching his old friends. David also needs to make a new start. A serious accident has left him confined to a wheelchair and horribly bitter about how his life has changed. Forced together, the boys learn to like each other, and their friendship may just be what they both need to get back in the game.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773674853
• ISBN13: 9780773674851
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.2" x 7.0"
• Age Range: 12 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 10

Customer Reviews

A SLAM Dunk!

If you like playing basketball you may like the book Rebound. This book is about three boys named Scott, Sean, and David. David is in a wheelchair because he got into an accident. Scott is a troublemaker. Sean is a young boy about 14 and he wants to play basketball on the school team. He tried out last year but didn't make the team. The beginning of the new school he got into a fight with the kid named David. He went to the principles office and he almost gotten suspended because he fought a kid in a wheelchair. Even though David punched him first. As a punishment he had to be the host of David. As this went on they became friends. Did Sean make the basketball team or did he fail to make his dream happen? Read the rest of the book to find out what happened. Chloe' B.

Rebound

Sean and David were brought together by their vice-principal, who had caught them fighting on school property on the very first day of school. Sean was forced to be David's guide, since he was new to the school. He had no choice but to accept this job, or it was a phone call to his parents. Sean had already had an extremely bad year the year before, and he couldn't risk getting into trouble again or his chances on making it to the school basketball team would be slim. David, on the other hand, didn't get into any trouble at all since he was handicapped and sat in a wheelchair. Not long after that inccident, they become best friends. David teaches Sean how it is like to live a life in a wheelchair and Sean starts to understand what David has to go through each and everyday, with people treating you like you were a retarded. The reason I really enjoyed this book was because it teaches you a lesson. Even though people in wheelchairs can't move their legs, it doesn't mean that you have to treat them differently. When you give them special treatment, it makes them feel like there is something wrong with them. It really hurts them knowing that they will never be able to use their legs again to run around and do what they use to do. They are still humans. In this book, David was an excellent basketball player. He beat Sean even when he was on the wheelchair, while Sean got to use his legs to move around. My favorite part is when David invites Sean to a basketball game. Sean has absolutely no idea who is playing against who in this game. David won't tell him becasue he wanted to surprise him. The only thing that David tells him is to get the best seat there is so he could see the players. When Sean went to his seat, he saw a bunch of boys in wheelchairs wearing gold uniforms. Sean recognized one of those boys. It was David, he was going to play in the game with his team.carolmanp6