Danger+Zone

Danger Zone By: David Klass This page by: Noah Murphy and Daniel Sanchez Danger Zone is about a seventeen and under international basketball team that travels from country to country. The main character, Jimmy Doyle, grew up and had never left Granham, Minnesota. He also was the best player in the state. But, when he is offered a spot on the seventeen and under international basketball team, all that would change. He then goes to Los Angeles to practice with the team for a couple of weeks. He meets his other nine teammates including center Shawn Wright and point guard Augustus Lemay. The team then goes over to Italy for the international tournament in Rome but ends up getting into a big mess. The main characters in Danger Zone are Jimmy, Jimmy's coaches McNeil and Griffin, and Jimmy's teammate Augustus. The setting has three main places; Granham, Minnesota, Los Angeles, California, and Rome, Italy. The inciting incident of Danger zone is when Jimmy is offered to play on the seventeen and under international basketball team. One internal conflict in Danger Zone is when Jimmy is in Italy and is thinking on whether to go home or stay in Italy. This is hard for Jimmy because he's either going home because of an ordeal or stay in Italy and not sleep for weeks. An external conflict is between Jimmy and Augustus because Augustus thinks Jimmy stole his (Augustus's) cousin, Devonne Sanders, spot on the team. When Jimmy first meets Augustus Jimmy thinks Augie doesn't like him because Jimmy's white. Then they get into a fight and Augustus tries to tell Jimmy the ordeal between blacks and whites. Jimmy thinks he knows all about it but Augustus knows he doesn't. One Complication is when Jimmy gets to Italy he gets greeted by an Italian girl and gets a kiss, while his girlfriend at home is getting jeaulous because she sees the picture. The second complcation is when Augustus get angry with a neo-nazi. He gets angry and starts a fight which leads up to a reporter making racis and mean comments that makes Augustus angrier and just brings the team in trouble. The third complication is that the team gets a death threat and Jimmy gets out of his game which takes him to the bench. The climax of Danger Zone is when the terrorist breaks through the police line and shoots Jimmy in the leg. The Resolution of Danger Zone is when Jimmy is about to get his surgery and his basketball companin Augustus comes to see Jimmy before the surgery. One main topic of Danger Zone is violence because of the fights, the Germans, and another situation that gets Jimmy into a lot of trouble and because of how Augie explained his childhood. A seocond main topic in Danger Zone is race relations because when Augie gets in a fight with the Germans because of the Germans not liking black people. The theme of Danger Zone is that life can be terrifying but don't let it control you. When a big life-threatening situation happens, it basically takes over Jimmy because he so scared that he can't even sleep or play because of how terrified he is. Quote, I (Jimmy) know my fears are stupid and that my imagination was running wild, but I couldn't help myself. There had never been anyone who had wanted to kill me before, end quote. We recommend this book if you're looking for a sports book that's thrilling and suspenseful and you're just dying to read the next page.