Night Hoops Book Review

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Trey Cromwell
Mrs. Prince
English 4
26 October 2017
NIght Hoops book review
Carl Decker portrays Night Hoops as a fictional book. Throughout the book the reader will be embarked on a journey with two high school freshman Nick Abbott and Trent Dawson who will go through many obstacles throughout this book

The two protagonist in Night Hoops are completely different from each other. For example Nick Abbot is the kid that has A’s and B's in school, has a normal family who gets along well for the most part you will find out what I mean by this when you read the book, and he is a kid who has always been good all his life . Meanwhile Trent Dawson is the kid who is always in trouble and up to no good. Surprisingly enough though NIck Abbot and

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