Long Shot: a Comeback Kids Novel

Pedro Morales is an excellent point guard, but when he decides to run for president against his 6th grade star basketball teammate, Ned, he has a falling out that leads to lessons on being a team player. the author is great at creating tension on the court and with dialogue. Pedro learns to swallow......more

This is a novel called Long Shot, by Mike Lupica. This is a book that is about Pedro Morales and his basketball team. This book that takes up 182 pages and it is a realistic fiction book. Pedro Morales is an amazing kid with an amazing talent. He moved to the US from Mexico when he was little. He l......more

You can add eleven-year-old Pedro Morales to the list of memorable, lovable characters created by Mike Lupica, an author who never runs short of wonderful, authentic kids to fill his junior novels. Pedro isn't the only winner Long Shot is blessed with, either. There's his go-to guy on their basketba......more

Long Shot by Mike Lupica is about a Mexican boy named Pedro Morales who plays basketball on his middle school team. Pedro is a quiet guy and he isn't the superstar like Ned Hancook. When Pedro wants to run for class president he finds out that he is going against the most popular guy in school, Ned.......more

I thought this book was awesome by the fact that it did show a moral/lesson to like it doesn't if your'e the popular kid or the star player in a team your still a team player whether you score a butch of points or not you should still have sportsmanship. I like how Ned apologized Pedro for being a j......more