Hoops
by Walter Dean Myers
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Description
A teenage basketball player from Harlem is befriended by a former professional player who, after being forced to quit because of a point shaving scandal, hopes to prevent other young athletes from repeating his mistake.
Book Club Questions for Hoops (Fiction)
Suggested Book Club Questions for Hoops (Fiction)
The following book club questions provide a starting point for creating a reading group discussion on Hoops:
- Did Walter Dean Myers emphasize any specific themes throughout Hoops? What do you think Walter Dean Myers is trying to explain with this theme?
- What was unique about the setting of Hoops and how did it affect the storyline?
- Could you relate to any of the characters? If so, which ones and why?
- How do characters change or learn throughout Hoops? What events caused these changes? Have you or someone you know experienced the same thing?
- How does Hoops reveal Walter Dean Myers's own perspectives about people and the world? For a lively discussion, describe why you think Walter Dean Myers is liberal or conservative.
- Did certain parts of Hoops affect you emotionally? Why did it evoke those emotions?
- Did Walter Dean Myers's point of view on things lend new perspective to your own view of the world?
Book Club Questions for Hoops (for Non-Fiction)
Suggested Book Club Questions for Hoops (Non-fiction)
The following book club questions provide a starting point for creating a reading group discussion on Hoops:
- Did Walter Dean Myers make persuasive arguments in Hoops? Did Hoops change or reinforce your opinion on the subject?
- What did you learn from Hoops?
- How does Walter Dean Myers present the information and did you enjoy it?
- How is Walter Dean Myers biased within Hoops? Is there a political slant to what is being discussed and how does it impact the book?
- What, if anything, does Hoops make you want to read next? Why?
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