https://padlet.com/2039637/bp1f3o22x0k8 Made with wonder en-us 2016-08-17 01:16:14 UTC 2025-10-20 04:34:08 UTC hello@padlet.com 2039637 https://padlet.com/2039637/bp1f3o22x0k8/wish/118513166 I began to question from the begining of the story whether Coach Hartwell could be trusted. Jonas said on page 99, " I always thought adults could be trusted but soon found out this was not so." What I read made a lot of sense. I couldn't wait to find out if honesty or dishonesty would win out. ]]> 2016-08-17 01:17:25 UTC https://padlet.com/2039637/bp1f3o22x0k8/wish/118513166 2039637 https://padlet.com/2039637/bp1f3o22x0k8/wish/118514125 I felt connected to Jonas. He was caught between a good friend and a dishonest coach. He tried to please both. Sometime in our lives we might come in contact with someone like Coach Hartwell who was a user/abuser and dishonest. Then like Jonas we will have to make the chocie to do the right thing.]]> 2016-08-17 01:28:10 UTC https://padlet.com/2039637/bp1f3o22x0k8/wish/118514125 2039637 https://padlet.com/2039637/bp1f3o22x0k8/wish/118515144 When Hartwell smacked into Coach Knecht (P.164) Jonas said, "Our eyes locked for an instant and we looked hard at one another, as if we were sharing a dark, unspoken secret." I read between the lines that this was not an accident at all and that maybe Hartwell planed it. Another time was when Hartwell lured Jonas into cheating (P.115). I thought Hartwell wanted to have some kind of a hold over Jonas in case he needed it!]]> 2016-08-17 01:39:35 UTC https://padlet.com/2039637/bp1f3o22x0k8/wish/118515144 2039637 https://padlet.com/2039637/bp1f3o22x0k8/wish/118515893 The camping trip (P. 74-75) up in the mountains was one of the best passages that I could easily visualize in my mind's eye. The full description of unloading the trunk, paying the fee and going over the checklist of what they needed. This is something I have done many times with my family here in Colorado. I also felt as Jonas felt when he looked up at the sky and understood how worthwhile the trip was taking.(P.77)]]> 2016-08-17 01:50:04 UTC https://padlet.com/2039637/bp1f3o22x0k8/wish/118515893 2039637 https://padlet.com/2039637/bp1f3o22x0k8/wish/118516525 Levi and Jonas become High School friends and discover that they both loved to play basketball. Levi was simple (P.64) like a child. It was the best thing about him, and it was the worst, too. Jonas in comparison was ambitious about getting into college  no matter what the cost.
Coach Hartwell befriends them both and then deceives both of then. Both boys pay a big price in the end, Levi commits suicide and Jonas has to give up his dream to attend his favorite college.]]> 2016-08-17 01:58:27 UTC https://padlet.com/2039637/bp1f3o22x0k8/wish/118516525 2039637 https://padlet.com/2039637/bp1f3o22x0k8/wish/118518041 Jonas seems to be doing everything right to get on the basketball team. Further into the story Jonas is taken in by a new coach who doesn't play by the rules. It affects his friendship with Levi and soon is lured into Hartwell's dishonest ways. However, Jonas finds his way to make things right but must pay a huge price for his mistakes in the end.]]> 2016-08-17 02:17:43 UTC https://padlet.com/2039637/bp1f3o22x0k8/wish/118518041 2039637 https://padlet.com/2039637/bp1f3o22x0k8/wish/118519192  Right against wrong or honesty vs dishonesty
75% of book is created as this theme.]]> 2016-08-17 02:29:41 UTC https://padlet.com/2039637/bp1f3o22x0k8/wish/118519192 2039637 https://padlet.com/2039637/bp1f3o22x0k8/wish/118519476 Boys meet. Love basketball. become good friends. Evil Hartwell enters there lives. Deceit enters both boys lives due to Hartwell's Swagger of arrogance and dishonesty. Levi was ashamed of the acts of sexual abuse by Hartwell and commits suicide. Jonas brings out the truth about Levi and sets things right.]]> 2016-08-17 02:33:10 UTC https://padlet.com/2039637/bp1f3o22x0k8/wish/118519476 2039637 https://padlet.com/2039637/bp1f3o22x0k8/wish/118520340  Carl Deuker gave the reader some hints about what might happen in each chapter. His story builds up some suspense and anxiety.]]> 2016-08-17 02:42:47 UTC https://padlet.com/2039637/bp1f3o22x0k8/wish/118520340 2039637 https://padlet.com/2039637/bp1f3o22x0k8/wish/118520764 I liked this book because it was easy to follow and I enjoyed  reading about all the basketball games.  I was glad that Jonas made things  right in the end. I had an idea that levi was too distraught to live but I never thought he'd take his own life. I think his family would have understood and supported him!]]> 2016-08-17 02:46:33 UTC https://padlet.com/2039637/bp1f3o22x0k8/wish/118520764