Mike Lupica Titles
HEAT
Michael Arroyo grows up in the shadow of Yankee Stadium, a boy
forever on the outside looking in. His only chance to see his field of
dreams? Pitch his Bronx all-star team to the district finals and a shot
at the Little League World Series.
But there is a problem. Michael is good -- too good. Rival
coaches and players can't believe a boy could be this good and be only
twelve years old. And Michael has no way to prove it- no mother, no
father, and a birth certificate that is stuck home in his native Cuba.
If the people from social services find out his secret, he will have an
even worse problem: being separated form the only family he knows, his
older brother Carlos.
Baseball can be a game of heroes, of champions who refuse to lose. Or
it can be a field of crushed dreams. For one boy, the game is about to
turn serious.
Pages 220 paperback
RL 5 ages 10+ $7.99
Travel Team
Danny Walker may be the smallest kid on the basketball
court, but no one has a bigger love of the game. Or a better sense of
how to hit the open player with the perfect pass. Then the local travel
team -- the same team Danny's dad led to the national championship on
ESPN when he was a kid -- cuts Danny because of his size. But Danny
isn't about to give up on basketball. It turns out that he's not the
only kid who was cut for the wrong reasons. Now Danny and his dad are
about to give all the castoffs a second chance and prove that you can't
measure heart.
Paperback pages 274 RL
5 ages 10+
Miracle On 49th Street
Josh Cameron is MVP of the championship Boston
Celtics and a media darling with a spotless reputation. He has it all
. . . including a daughter he never knew. When twelve-year-old Molly
Parker arrives in his life, claiming to be his daughter, she catches him off
guard. Molly says her mom, Jen, revealed his identity before losing
her battle with cancer. But as Molly gets to know the real Josh, they
one the camera never sees, she starts to understand why her mother never
wanted her to know her dad. Josh has room in his heart for only two
things: basketball and himself. Together, these two strangers
learn that sometimes, for things to end up the way you want them to, you
have to fire up a prayer at the buzzer and hope it goes in.
Pages 246 paperback RL
5 ages 10+
Summer Ball
When you're the smallest kid playing a big man's game, the challenges never
stop -- especially when you name is Danny Walker. Leading your travel team
to the national championship may seem like a dream come true, but for Danny,
being at the top just means the competition tries that much harder to knock
him off. Now Danny's heading to Right Way Basketball Camp for the summer;
and he knows that with the country's best players in attendance, he's going
to need to take his game up a notch if he wants to match up. But old rivals
and new battles leave Danny wondering if he really does have what it takes
to stand tall.
paperback pages 244 RL 5 ages 10-14
