Reviewed by Sally Kruger aka "Readingjunky" for TeensReadToo.com

Drew Lawson lives and breathes basketball. He plans to use basketball as his ticket out of Harlem, and everyone knows it. The problems start when Coach "House" Hauser changes the game plan.

The Lawson family is a bit unusual for their neighborhood. Drew is lucky to have both a mom and dad living under the same roof, and although money is a struggle, both parents work. He and his sister have been raised to value life and set high goals. News from their neighborhood only makes the paper when it is bad news. Shootings, stabbings, and robberies are the usual stories, and Drew's mother frets when those stories involve young people.

The Chargers basketball team could offer Drew a chance at a better life. He is a decent player and has his sights set on playing Division I college ball in hopes of being a future NBA player. As a star Chargers' player, it just might be possible. Unfortunately, it seems that Coach House has other plans.

It is mid-season and suddenly Coach House has brought in two new players - a couple of white players. That doesn't bother Drew and his team too much until it becomes evident that Coach plans to start these new players in positions that clearly threaten Drew's game. What is Coach trying to do? Is there a method to his madness or is Drew's future at stake?

GAME is set in Walter Dean Myers' home territory in Harlem, and is filled with his trademark characters and plenty of action. Readers hear Drew's story in between bouts of realistic play-by-play basketball scenes. Myers fans as well as basketball lovers will find this a satisfying read. ( )

I read 218/218
This book is about a teenage boy named Drew who knows he is not very smart but is trying to use his ball playing skills to get him into a good college. This book takes place in Harlem and during a time where boys his age end up on the street and or dead. At first his basketball team is struggling to win and he isn't starting no more but as soon as his coach changes it up and lets him start again his team starts winning again. The main character is Drew and he is a 6'5" African-American Senior. He and his family are close and pretty much get along and he is friends with everyone on the team. He helps out his mom and listens to his annoying little sister and is a stay out of trouble character. In the beginning he hates his coach because he was changing up their game plan and sitting him for a white kid named Thomas. In the end he becomes friends with Thomas and gets closer with his coach and starts to understand his view point. The reason why I like Walter Dean Myers book's is because I can relate to most of his main characters. I also am close with my family and try my best to always make my mom's life easier and I also like to play basketball. I relate to him because a lot of boys my age are getting in trouble in I try to avoid the bad situations just like Drew. I can't really recall on anything I didn't like about this book because I am a very picky person about what books I choose and the book I choose usually ends up becoming one of my favorites. Although, the one thing I didn't like about this book is I wish it was longer. I would recommend this book to sports/basketball fans or Seniors that are going through the same problem about what colleges to go to. I would recommend this book to those type of people because this book is mainly a sports book with some off the court drama. If someone were to play this character in a movie I would want it to be me because I like the personality of the character and wouldn't mind being in a movie. Also I think I could almost fit the physical requirements of the main character especially his height. ( )