Heat- Mike Lupica

Just so you know I have read many books by Mike Lupica and every book seems to be about sports.

Hooks

TheEnd

Strike one! Strick two! Strike Three! All the hard work, all the bad things it seems it was bound to have a happy ending. Like a movie everything showed some sort of meaning and here it's time to go play the biggest game of my life! Here is the happy ending!

Summary

Characters

The Clipper Baseball Team

Ellie Garcia

Mr. Gibs

Mrs. Corra

Young Michael has the golden arm. Just with a not so golden life. Recently becoming parent-less Michael and his older brother Carlos are living through tough times. Carlos already working two jobs to help suply for Michael and Mrs. C, and elderly neighbor who helps the boys from time to time just isn't enought. Not to mention, already avoiding the Social Service (official People)! In hopes to not be seperated before Carlos' 18 birthday so he can leggaly care for Michael can be a bit chalenging. Especially if you are Michael, who gets the attention of being the towns hero stopping a running robber with his gifted throwing arm. Quite stressful but thew it all Michael is only being asked to pitch his way through this. If he can make it to the little league Finals played in the Yankees stadium and finally become a Yankee himself, there problems will disapeer. Unfurtunetely, throwing just about every pitch 80mph and striking out every single team gets the concerns of coaches who wants Michale to prove he is 12 with Birth Certificate that was left in Cuba before the family came to America. Will Michael get to play in Little League again and can the boys make it to Carlos' Birthday next April before being seperated by the Social Service?

Interesting

Michael Arroyo

Carlos Arroyo

Manny

This book was great! I figured not one book on Earth would be as good as POP by Gordon Korman but this book was just as good. This book is exactly what I call a ‘can't turn away classic’ That will have you anxious and eager to see what happens on the next page. In fact this book is so good I found myself actually reading it outside of school and during DEAR time!

Setting

The Setting takes place on River Avenue. Mrs. Cora walking on a sunny day just outside of the great ballpark, Yankee Stadium and the blue subway tracks above her. Minding her business Mrs. C falls to the ground realizing her purse has been snatched by Ramon the purse snatcher! She cries for help getting the attention of a policeman who chases Ramon. Unable to catch him Ramon falls down to what feels like a rock that hit him but actually a baseball thrown from Home Plate of a near by fields all the way to Dead Center by young Michael Arroyo. The Policeman is please and the story goes on from there.

Literary Elements

Diction: The Author expresses his diction by using words not expected.

"As the man with her purse hurdled the fence, and came onto the baseball field, he was smashed in the back of the head. This critical blow was once from the star pitcher Michael Arroyo. Michael whailed the ball from home plate out to center field, and hit the criminal in the back of the head."

Also Manny, Michael's best friend has several sayings and play on words throughout the book.

Explained

Text to Text

Explained

Meet Mike Lupica

Michael Lupica is an American newspaper columnist, best known for his provocative commentary on sports in the New York Daily News and his appearances on ESPN.

Books By Mike

• Travel Team
• Million Dollar Throw
• The Big Field
• Game Changers *
• Summer Ball *
• The Batboy
• Miracle on 49th Street*
• True Legend
• Two- Minute Drill *

Personal Connection

After reading this book I realized that i had a couple of connections to the book. I noticed that in this book a lot of things with down hill for Michael just like a lot of things at a time went down hill for me. Also during this book Michael felt his dreams so far out of reach and I believe everybody can feel far away from their dreams sometimes.

Heat- Mike Lupica

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• Non fiction
• #1 New York Times Best Seller Awards!

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