Shelly shook her head and made sure she had plenty of space so that she wouldn’t hit anything. As many times before, she kept the hoop close to her waist and then twirled it with small, tight bursts of speed. As the hoop gathered in momentum it started to give off a hum that soon took on a light blue illumination far brighter than the streetlamps. It was so bright, that it lit up the entire backyard. . Nathan Reese Maher
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When Shelly was learning to play basketball, she was extremely nervous. She had never played the game before and she was nervous about not being good enough to keep up with the competition. So she would practice with low-lit hoops to try to train herself to be able to play in the dark. She had some success, but at that time her hoop looked far too small for her to play basketball. Shelly went back inside, grabbed a bigger hoop, and started practicing again.

She took one last look at her hoop which was now very large, lit up the backyard with its brightness, and ran back outside. As she jumped into the air and hit the first jump shot of her life, Shelly realized that even though she wasn’t perfect at basketball yet, there was something else that she could be more than good at: playing basketball in the dark!

Source: Lights Out: Book 2

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