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The story is about twin brothers.   Owen is the athlete 

and loves to play basketball.   Russell is the Mathlete 

and loves education.   It wasn't until a new basketball 

coach starts at Beaumont Middle School that the 

roles of the two brothers starts to change.   This isn't 

an easy change for the brothers.   It causes hurt 

feelings and frustrations until the boys learn to work 

together and to support each other.  

In the rising action the new basketball coach asks Russell to 

participate in the basketball tryouts.   The twins are in shock 

but they come up with a plan to make sure no one looks like a 

fool.   What they didn't plan for was that Russell the Mathlete 

ends up being an athlete and makes the team. Making the 

team is hard on Russel because now he has to balance 

basketball with his Masters of the Mind Club.   This turns out to 

be challenging especially when there is a new Masters of the 

Mind teammate, Arther, who is trying to take over the 

leadership of the team  

The climax happen when Owen gets jealous of Russell's success and 

attention with playing basketball.   His jealousy gets so bad that he 

sabotages Russell by throwing Russell's favorite basketball shoes away.  

This was the last straw for Russell, he quits basketball and ignores Owen 

for days.   Owen realizes his mistake and retrieves the shoes from the 

garbage and returns them to Russell.   However, this isn't good enough 

for Russell and he continues to ignore his brother.   Eventually Russell and 

Owen's mother steps in to help.   She is the one who gets the boys to 

listen to each other which gets them to forgive each other.

There are two main characters, Russell and Owen.   Owen is the athlete and 

he spends all of his extra time playing basketball.   He becomes really 

jealous of his brother Russell.   Russell gets all the attention when he is 

asked to tryout and eventually makes the basketball team.   Not only does 

their dad make a big deal out of Russell's success but Owen's friends start 

spending time with Russell as well.   Owen's jealousy makes him disrespect 

everyone.   For example he tries to be the hero on the basketball court by 

not passing the ball which frustrates his teammates.   He also tries to bring 

his brother down by throwing his basketball shoes away.   In the end all of 

his behaviors only hurt himself.   Russell on the other hand is trying to 

manage being an athlete as well as a Mathlete.   Being a basketball player 

doesn't sit well with his Masters of the Mind team.   He has to win their 

respect and come up with a plan to maintain his leadership role on the 

team.

The main theme of the story is that you need to respect 

and support your family members and friends.   You 

need to resist the urge to be jealous, so that you don't 

regret your actions later.   This was realized by Owen 

after he behaved poorly turning and after a basketball 

game.   He had to take heat from his brother as well as 

his friends and coach.   On the other hand once the 

jealousy went away, he was able to gain respect from 

his brother and friends.  

The author uses dialogue to describe the characters 

Russell and Owen.   For example, the dialogue between 

Russell and Owen, when Owen admits that he needs his 

brother on the basketball team.   It shows his remorse 

and support for Russell.   Another example, is when 

Owen decides to go to Russell's Masters of the Mind 

competition.   From this conversation you understand 

how happy this makes Russell.   Lastly, when the boys 

are in the garage after the basketball game when Owen 

throws Russell's shoes away.   You clearly understand 

the feelings of both boys.

The author uses figurative language to describe the main 

characters.   Owen is described as living for the basketball 

court.   This example demonstrates Owen's love for the game 

but clearly he doesn't just live for a basketball court. On the 

other hand Russell is describe as only caring about racking up 

math awards.   Again, Russell takes school seriously but there 

is more to Russell then just math awards.   Lastly the author 

talks about the chill in the air between Russell and Owen.   The 

chill is referring to their anger toward each other not a 

physical chill between them.  

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