Heat

The best adolescent sports fiction develops a human-interest story line simultaneously with the sports action and that is what Lupica does in this book. Michael Arroyo is growing up very close to Yankee Stadium and he is an excellent pitcher at the Little League level. His family fled Cuba, leaving their records and much of their life behind. In the previous spring, Mike's father died, leaving his 17-year-old brother Carlos... Read Full Review

I LOVED LOVED LOVED Heat. It's about a twelve-year-old boy named Michael Arroyo, who is a baseball pitcher. And he's not just any pitcher. He has "the heat" in his arm that makes great pitchers stand out. His team has a chance to make it to the Little League World Series, in large part because of his pitching ability. Making it to the World Series is critically important for Michael, because it will fulfill a dream of his... Read Full Review

I read this book myself, and enjoyed it. For an adult, it's a cute, heartwarming story. However it's a good book for a young adult, short enough for them to complete it in good time. My 13-year-old boy, who doesn't always read much, finished this book over the course of a few days. He enjoyed it enough to read it on his own from cover-to-cover. The book is about a 12-yr old boy from Cuba and touches on the struggles of... Read Full Review

Heat is a great book. In addition to integrating many complex concepts, such as family and kindness, into an easy, fun book to read, Mike Lupica involves some cool strategy about baseball. Heat became sort of monotnous at times because Michael, the main character, continuously struck everybody out, but Mike Lupica "heated" it up when he needed to. The climax of the book was especially exciting.

This is a great book for young and old. The story is touching and refreshing. Baseball fan or not you will love it. Highly recommended.