Heat

While the description makes it sound a bit heavy, this is a truly enjoyable book. Enough risk to be interesting and enough humor for smiles and laughter. Even for people that don't love baseball or sports stories, this is a great book because it isn't about the game so much as about love of the game, sportsmanship, and a nice kid, Michael, and his VERY humorous friend, Manny. The brother, the girl, the hero all make appearances, but it's really about the friends. The narrator , Paolo Andino, does a remarkable job with voices, from girls to old men, I can hear them in my head. I have not developed a love of Lupica, disliking his Miracle on 49th Street, but he's hit the mark with Heat.

This book is really good, I rated it 5 stars. It is about a Cuban boy, Michael, who can throw serious heat when pitching for his Little League baseball team. His bestfriend and catcher, Manny, believes he even can hit 80 mph, which is a magic number like 100 is for major league players. I felt that t......more

Michael Arroyo is a star, he can throw 80mph and is only 12 years old people think his future is up. But nobody knows that he and his 17 year old are alone no parents, nobody. There plan was to wait until his brother turned 18. But this plan got blown open when he beats a team that questions his age......more

Imagine a boy with no parents, no family, except his seventeen year-old brother living in the U.S. by themselves, ALONE. This book's genre is a Sports Novel. I really liked this book because it is the perfect story for any kid who dream of meeting the favorite sportstar or being just like their fav......more

Michael and Carlos Arroyo are brothers keeping an important secret. When that secret is blown wide open, Michael’s promising future in baseball is threatened and his life with his brother may change forever. Heat is a book about baseball, family, and survival. But, mostly, it’s a book about baseball.......more

Heat by Mike Lupica is a great book. It really grabs your attention. If you love baseball or books about baseball, this is the book for you. Heat is about a 12 year old boy with a booming pitching arm. He is a Cuban immigrant. He now lives in the Bronx growing up all his life watching the Yankees pl......more