Learning+the+Game

=**__Learning the Game__**= By Kevin Waltman

===__Summary:__ In this book Nate Gilman, a junior in highschool, loves basketball. He has played every day in the summer improving his game so he can get a starting position on his high school team. Branson decides to break into the empty frat house, and he gets the team to help him. Branson even convinces the others to help him load up his old van with electronics, clothes, and other items from the house. The boys pretty much take everything valuable in the frat house. Only one player, Jackson who is Nate's best friend, walks away in disapointed, wanting nothing to do with the robbery. Nate's parents are suspicious. Lorrie, Nate's girlfriend, tells him to stay quiet about the robbery, but Nate's instincts are bothering him. Nate knows he let Jackson down, and Jackson doesn't like having to lie for the team. Marvin, Nate's brother, tries to convince Nate to tell the truth. Nate is very confused and scared. If he tells he will be in big trouble with the team. He will lose his friends and his place on the team. If he stays quiet then his brother would leave the town. ===