Miracle on 49th Street, Mike Lupica
Miracle on 49th Street, Mike Lupica
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Miracle on 49th Street

Author: Mike Lupica

Narrator: Michele Santopietro

Unabridged: 6 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/24/2006

Synopsis

Josh Cameron is basketball royalty–MVP of the Championship Boston Celtics and a media darling with a spotless reputation. He’s got it all, including something he never even knew he had: a daughter.
Twelve-year-old Molly Parker catches Josh off guard. Molly claims her mother, Jen, revealed his true identity before losing her battle with cancer. Of course, Josh doesn’t believe her. Still, there is something about Molly–a certain look she gets and her smart-aleck way that reminds Josh so much of Jen.
Yet as Molly gets to know Josh, it’s she who has the doubts. Suddenly she understands why her mother never wanted her to know the real Josh Cameron, the one the camera never sees. Josh has room in his heart for only two things: basketball and himself. Does Molly really want this man for a father?
New York Times best-selling author and ESPN personality Mike Lupica introduces this hoop story with heart just in time for the holidays. Another undeniable winner.

About The Author

Mike Lupica is the #1 bestselling author of many popular books for young readers, including Fantasy League, QB 1, Heat, Travel Team, Million-Dollar Throw, and The Underdogs. He has carved out a niche as the sporting world’s finest storyteller. He lives in Connecticut with his wife and their four children. When not writing novels, he writes for New York's Daily News.Michele Santopietro is a New York–based actress who has appeared in HBO's The Sopranos and Law & Order. A talented and versatile voice artist, she has narrated several aubiobooks, including The Secret Language of Girls by Frances O'Roark Dowell and While My Sister Sleeps by Barbara Delinsky.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Lisa the Librarian on 2007-09-18 18:02:10

12-year-old Molly lives with her mother's best friend after her mother dies. She is desparate to contact her father, a basketball player. He doesn't believe her. Then he does. Then she's moving. Then the manager gets in the way. And it all ends well, if completely unbelievably. Filled with pointless scenes, characters that could be cut (like the manager), characters and relationships that are told about but hardly fleshed out. And oh, the melodrama! By last page all I could think was, 'Thank goodness. Enough.

Goodreads review by Owen

“Aha, I found the perfect one!” Miracle on 49th Street is about a girl who moves around constantly for her step dads work. She ends up in Boston and meets an NBA player, and then something insane happens, Molly (girl) needs to ask questions. This is a very spectacular book, it's very good for kids......more

Goodreads review by Carter

The novel, Miracle on 49th Street written by Mike Lupica, is about a girl named Molly who finally meets her mom’s old boyfriend and Molly believes he is the one who should be taking care of her because her mom unfortunately passed away. In this 256 page book, it talks about something that didn’t rea......more

Goodreads review by Frankie

Overall I thoroughly enjoyed the book. It was a pleasant surprise for me given the fact that I initially picked it up thinking it was going to be a classic Mike Lupica sports book, basketball in this case. However, the story is not really centered around basketball and it is more of just a side not......more

Goodreads review by Lauren

What does a little girl, a star basketball player, a deceased mother and nachos have in common? Nothing, until they were put into an exciting novel written by Mike Lupica. The novel is filled with new twists and turns, along with plenty of setting changes thanks to an adventurous girl named Molly, a......more

Goodreads review by Raymond

Has anynoe lost someone very close to them and had no one to go to? This book is about a girl named Molly who her mother just died of of cancer.Molly doesn't know who her father is because her mother never told her about him.As, her mother had a few months to live she wrote letters for Molly to read......more

Quotes

Lupica delivers a winning novel, creating a realistic character in Molly by authentically capturing both her fragility and pluck. (Booklist)

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