Book Review: Strong Man

Strong Man by Ishmael Hope. Strong man is about two boys who's lives are very similar. The main characters Duke and Dukt'ootl' are boys who have a lot of similarities in the events of both of their lives. Some similarities would be that Duke's uncle is the coach of the basketball team which is basically like the leader, and Dukt'ootl''s uncle, Galweit, is the leader of their group.  Another similarity would be that Duke and Dukt'ootl both had a hard time and decide that they should start trying harder and not give up, so Dukt'ootl starts training harder and Duke starts to study harder. Another similarity is that they both were treated poorly and had been teased a lot.
In the beginning it shows Dukt'ootl' and his group training and Duke getting ready to go to school. Duke goes to school where he is bullied by a couple of kids. Then later on he found out that he can't make a basketball team if he doesn't bring his grades up. Then where Duke and Dukt'ootl' both needed to get better at something they didn't give up and went on to get better. Duke studied really hard while Dukt'ootl' went out to train hard. So right when Dukt'ootl' trained out a short burly man challenged him to a battle and when he lost Duke decided to care more about the basketball team than the exam he needs to pass. Dukt'ootl' tried defeating the short burly man four more times and on the fourth time he finally won. Then when Duke went out for the basketball team trip he made it in, but as a waterboy. Then when the clan was going on a trip Dukt'ootl wanted to go to, but this time he has to bail the water. When Dukt'ootl' went to the trip to the sea lion rock his uncle tried killing them all but failed and died. So Dukt'ootl' took a stand and defeated all of them. Then Duke finally finished studying and played with the team. Duke had two shots left to win the  basketball game and Dukt'ootl' split the giant sea lion in half. Afterwards Duke passed the exam and made the team. Then in the end Dukt'ootl' became the leader. They both achieved their goals despite being treated poorly and teased.
I think some of the main themes of this story is that you should never give up and if you have a goal to achieve then don't let others shoot you down.
I would recommend this book to other kids younger than me to teach them a lesson.  A lesson to teach them from this book is to never give up. Another lesson that it would teach is to never let people prevent you from reaching your goals.
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