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Travel Team by Mike Lupica follows 12-year-old Danny Walker, who is heartbroken after failing to make the Middletown Vikings basketball team due to his height. His estranged father, Richie, a former professional basketball player, starts a new team, The Warriors, with Danny and other overlooked players. Despite initial struggles, the team learns the importance of fun and perseverance, ultimately competing against the Vikings. Themes of family dynamics, resilience, and overcoming personal challenges are central to the story. Richie deals with alcoholism in the narrative.