The Squared Circle

by James W. Bennett

Book Overview

Basketball, to Sonny Youngblood, is like breathing. In fact, Sonny is just the player SIU needed for an NCAA Championship bid. And he¹s met a lot of people along the way. Only now, it¹s all blurring... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590486721
• ISBN13: 9780590486729
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Scholastic Signature
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 6.8"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

The Squared Circle

Snell: "Did you shoot free throws after pracice?"Sonny:"What d'you think?"Snell: "How many?"Sonny: "What d'you think?"Snell: "hundred right?"Sonny: "Yeah"Snell: "How many did you make?"Sonny: "I just told you."Snell: "So you shot a hundred and made a hundred?Sonny Youngblood, a high-school all american shoots 100 free throws after every practice. Thats why he is the best. Sonny Youngblood is a Freshman at Southern Illinois Universtiy. He's potential on the basketball floor is amazing. The book is about how his life is in SIU. This book is the best book I have ever read. Its got great excitiment and I can never put it down. If you have not read this book I suggest you do beacause you'll be on the edge of your chair when the buzzer goes off.

The Squared Circle

...Sonny Youngblood, a high-school all american shoots 100 free throws after every practice. Thats why he is the best. Sonny Youngblood is a Freshman at Southern Illinois Universtiy. His potential on the basketball floor is amazing. The book is about how his life is in SIU. This book is the best book I have ever read. Its got great excitiment and I can never put it down. If you have not read this book I suggest you do because you'll be on the edge of your chair when the buzzer goes off.

The Squared Circle- by Craig Borgen

The Squared Circle by James Bennett, is a good portrayal of what life would be to be a famous NCAA basketball player. Up and coming basketball players are always being mobbed by reporters and newswriters. They never get a break. The plot of this story revolves around a person named Sonny Youngblood who attends Southern Illinois University(SIU.) It discusses the trials and tribulations of trying to be a basketball star throughout the book.Sonny is involved with many characters throughout the book. Some of these characters are: Uncle Seth, his mother, and his cousin, Sissy. The setting of this book is Illinois, sometime in modern times. The entire book is based in Illinois.About halfway through the book, Sonny finds out that he will not have enough credits to be able to play basketball. So, he asks his cousin, Sissy, if he can do some art work with her. It isn't real art work, it's just basically having Sonny move art pieces from an old abandoned building to another newer building. Sissy can't lift the art herself, so she asks Sonny to help her. Sonny's team does very well in the tournament. That describes probably about half the book.The author used many literary elemnets in this book. One of those literary elements is irony. The author used irony by having the book go nice and easy, then all of a sudden, something ironic happens to Sonny. The author uses foreshadowing very well also. When Sonny is in the fraternity, he doesn't really like it. He quits the fraternity. Towards the end of the book, he meets up with them because he forgot to bring them their ring. He argues with them because they wanted him to join back. The setting was not a place that I could relate to. This is a good read for any basketball fanatic; or any sports fanatic in general. The ending by itself is worth the reading.

A Book of Excellence

The Squared Circle by James W. Bennett was a smashing novel. I give it two thumbs up, a novel that will keep you up all night. The story kept me on my feet and I couldn't put it down. I never lost interest in the characters or the plot. Every new chapter had some new twists and turns that just made the book unbelievable. I believe that any student that partcipates in atheletics during their high school or college years should read this book. The characters through out the whole story made it even more edgy and made it more interesting to read. So get off your seat and and get the book The Squared Circle by James W. Bennett and your nearest library.

there's more to an athlete than a sport

if you ever wonder what goes on inside the head of a division 1 athlete who is sensitive, read this book. you won't be able to put it down. great guy book, but i liked it too, so will you. read this book.