43 pages 1 hour read

Mike Lupica

Travel Team

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

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Essay Topics

1.

What does it mean to be the bigger person in this novel and what does that have to do with height?

2.

Danny and Richie both grow emotionally over the course of this novel. Compare and contrast their journeys. What do they learn from one another?

3.

What does Lupica suggest about including women in sporting events? Use examples from the text centered around Ali, Tess, Colby, and other female characters to support your argument.