Toby Wheeler 8th Grade Benchwarmer

The book Toby Wheeler 8th Grade Benchwarmer is about an 8th grader named Toby Wheeler who joins his middle school basketball team only to become a benchwarmer. He only joined the basketball team to spend more time with his friend J.J. When he goes to the team practice he expects to immediateley become a starter or sixth man, but he ends up becoming the 12th man. In the beginning of the season he was always at the end of the bench and never got to play, but as time went on his role increased and he started playing more. His team eventually won the championship at the end of the season.


The authors purpose is to show that it takes a whole team to win in basketball. His purpose is also to show that if you work hard to become a better player, it will pay off in the end. For example, in the beginning of the book Toby was a benchwarmer, but after practicing hard to become a better player, it paid off and he started to perform better in games and in practice which led to him getting more playing time.