books: mike lupica's ...     books:       Long Shot: A Comeback Kids Novel (Comeback Kids) Mike Lupica Philomel, 2008 Pedro Morales has always been content helping others look great. The epitome of a point guard, he plays the game to set up his teammates?Ned, in particular, the star forward on the receiving end of Pedro?s pinpoint passes. Pedro wants to make his father proud, and so he runs for class president. Yet doing so means going one-on-one against Ned, easily the most popular boy in school. And Pedro learns the hard way that being a good teammate doesn?t ...             Two-Minute Drill: Mike Lupica's Comeback Kids4 reviews Mike Lupica Philomel, 2007 Two-Minute Drill: Mike Lupica's Comeback Kids This is a very good book, my son is finishing it right now, it seems he appreciates sports more as a result of the book, and also that there is a tie into the sciences. Very well written, as an adult, I'm also going to read it. Well done Mike Lupica, thanks for joining the gap on sports and friendships.             Travel Team69 reviews Mike Lupica Puffin, 2005 K. Cox's book review Travel Team by Mike Lupica is an exciting book about a twelve year old boy named Danny. Danny is a very good basketball player who has been cut from his team because he is too short. Danny and his father form their own team from the other children who were cut and have a shot at beating the Vikings. Travel Team is a very exciting and funny book. The only with the book is that it used some ...             The Big Field12 reviews Mike Lupica Philomel, 2008 You'll Love This Book! I loved, loved, loved this book! Mike Lupica is my favorite author. He has done so good at being a sports talk guy and an author. You'll love it! The main charachter named Hutch is a shortstop who was a SS By trade then after they added a jerk named Daryll who causes him to paly 2nd base instead. I do not at all want to spoil the book before you read it so that's all I'm gonna say. If you loved ...             Heat68 reviews Mike Lupica Puffin, 2007 An Awesome Baseball Book! Heat is one of the most enjoyable, interesting books I've ever read. Michael, a typical boy with a great right arm is the main character. He lives with his brother Carlos. His dad is supposedly caring for a sick relitive in Florida. Michael faces hardships and problems, but keeps himself going with friends and Carlos. Baseball helps Michael with his life problems as well. It makes him feel ...             Hot Hand: Mike Lupica's Comeback Kids4 reviews Mike Lupica Philomel, 2007 Hoop-hoop-hoop! As a Language Arts teacher, I am always searching for books that will get my young male charges into reading, especially those kids who think that athletes don't need to be able to read to succeed. Telling them this just doesn't work, but getting them to read things they can relate to does! Hot Hand is one of those books. Billy Raynor is a ten year old basketball player. He's good, really ...             Miracle on 49th Street27 reviews Mike Lupica Puffin, 2007 Riley from Lake Tapps says," This book is awesome. The clock is running down as Josh Cameron makes a move on his guy. He jukes him out, squares up and shoots. He makes the basket and the crowd goes wild. The refs had to review the play because they didn't know if the ball left his hand before the buzzer or not. Would they win the game or not? Read Miracle on 49th Street if you want to know if it left his hand or not before the buzzer. Molly, ...             The Mike Lupica Collection Mike Lupica Puffin, 2008 Three of New York Times bestseller Mike Lupica?s wildly popular sports stories gathered together in one box! Baseball and basketball fans will rejoice, for all of their favorite novels are available in one gorgeous package!             Summer Ball14 reviews Mike Lupica Puffin, 2008 Tied With First Book The beginning made me unsure but once he got to camp (or met Tarik) I knew it would be good. I was worried that Danny would walk over everyone, but between Rasheed (at first) Lamar ( He doesn't deserve to be Named after Lamar Odom) and Coach "My Way" Powers I had plenty of people to hate (Teddy was absent because Richie told the mafia to get him). Powers was tied with Lamar and Teddy for biggest ...             Safe at Home: A Comeback Kids Novel (Comeback Kids) Mike Lupica Philomel, 2008 Nick Crandall feels like he doesn?t belong anywhere. He never has felt like he belongs, really. He doesn?t fit in this new family with his new foster parents, both of whom are professors. They don?t know the first thing about sports?and he?s not exactly a model student. It?s only a matter of time until they realize he?s not the right kid for them. And Nick certainly doesn?t belong playing varsity baseball. He?s only twelve years old! His ...             Red Zone9 reviews Mike Lupica Berkley, 2004 the best $25 I've ever spent Everyone has done something that they subconsciously know they will regret later. Well, in Mike Lupica's Redzone, Jack Molloy knows that feeling intimately. He has recently sold half of the shares he owns in his family's football team to a self-righteous entrepreneur. With the sell having a negative effect on him in every aspect of his life he commits himself to obtaining his previously owned ...             Bump and Run42 reviews Mike Lupica Berkley, 2001 Thoroughly enjoyable look at the NFL and NY. This was my first experience reading Mike Lupica. I enjoyed everything about the book. I passed it out to several of my friends. They all agreed it was a page burner with memorable characters. Lupica has a sarcastic NY wit which is perfectly developed through his characters. The fictional characters are thinly disguised. I felt that I was reading a funny non-fiction account of the NFL. I ...             Full Court Press9 reviews Mike Lupica Jove, 2002 Lupica: SMARTEST SPORTSMEN TO EVER LIVE If you want to read a book from an extremely bright, informative, and seasoned sports journalist, read Full Court Press. Lupica is at his best in this epic basketball drama. Not only does he accuratley portray NBA life and off the court hardships, but he also portrays this from a woman's point of view. Amazingly descriptive, dramatic, and full of excitement, this book has Best Seller written ...             Summer Ball1 review Mike Lupica Philomel, 2007 Summer Ball The book, Summer Ball was one of my all time favorite books. It is the sequel to the book Travel team. If you don't read the first one you won't understand most of it. Both are very inspiring novels and have inspired me. If you like basketball you'll like this book. It is about a boy named Danny Walker who everyone thinks is too small to play basketball in the NBA, like his father Richie. He ...             Fathers & Sons & Sports: Great Writing By Buzz Bissinger, John Ed Bradley, Bill Geist, Donald Hall, Mark ...1 review Mike Lupica ESPN, 2008 RICK "SHAQ" GOLDSTEIN SAYS: "FATHER & SON SHORT SPORTS STORIES: SOME GREAT-SOME NOT." ESPN has put together twenty previously published "short" stories built around the FATHER & SON dynamic with sports as the stage and or backdrop. Some stories are twenty plus pages and some are one-and-a-half to two-and-a-half pages. And unlike the old saying "size doesn't matter", in this collection of stories, coincidentally, the diminutive stories are the ones that noticeably do not pack the ...             Jump4 reviews Mike Lupica Pinnacle, 2002 If you're a mystery fan who also loves the Knicks, go for it Look, we're not expecting Conan Doyle or even Agatha Christie here. This is first and foremost a New York and more specifically Knick fan's read, with a passable story holding it together. Sort of like reading Kinky Friedman with a Knicks-theme bonus. Give it a try and enjoy.             The Best American Sports Writing 2005 (The Best American Series)2 reviews Houghton Mifflin, 2005 Rewarding This is a fabulous book. The reader will be rewarded again and again. Mike Lupica has done a worthy job as editor. Let's face it, there is no shortage of good writing out there. Just like when we see a film, like it or not, the technical work is outstanding. The challenge for the editor is to create, using his selections, an introduction to the greater narratives that underlie the ...             Wild Pitch18 reviews Mike Lupica Berkley, 2003 Lupica portrays to perfection This fictional novel detailing the life of Showtime Charlie Stoddard was an excellent portrayal of the life of a major league baseball player. Lupica kept me on the tip of my toes anxious to know what would happen next. Using several different minor characters, he was able to create great character interaction and really show what a major league athlete goes through every day. In addition, he ...             Too Far17 reviews Mike Lupica Putnam, 2004 Mystery In the Town I thought that this was a pretty good book. It is about a high school sportswriter named Sam Perry who is covering the South Fork basketball team who are nationally recognized as a state competitor, but when he hears about the basketball team's manager getting murdered he goes to find Ben Mitchell from the town who has been writing for ESPN for help on the story. Ben and Sam dig in to the story ...             Mad As Hell: How Sports Got Away from the Fans-And How We Get It Back10 reviews Mike Lupica McGraw-Hill/Contemporary, 1997 All-star SportsWriter Speaks His Peace I've always appreciated Lupica for what he does: speaks his mind,not what everyone wants to hear and stay on the bandwagon. Here he sounds off about what some of us at least feel is a tragedy: sports have been taken away from us. The money, the corruption, the trades, the teams moving, no concern for the integrity of the sport. Problem is: culture is too pragmatic and success oriented for guys ...              search for books american, bissinger, bradley, collection, comeback, court, donald, drill, fans-and, fathers, field, geist, great, kriegel, lupica, maclean, minute, miracle, norman, novel, others, pitch, press, series, sports, street, summer, travel, two-minute, writing books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. 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