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Hot Hand! (Comeback Kids)
by
Mike Lupica
It?s simple. All Billy Raynor wants to do is shoot. After all, he is one of the best shooters in the league. But with his dad as his coach, and his parents newly separated, somehow everything?s become complicated. His brother Ben, the piano prodigy, hardly talks anymore. His mom is always traveling on business. And his dad is always on his case about not being a team playe...more
Hardcover, 176 pages
Published
September 20th 2007
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a. Realistic Fiction
b. 165 pages
c. This book by Mike Lupica is about Billy and his family. Billy's parents recently got divorced and ever since then nothing has been the same. He lives with his mom, his older sister, Eliza, and his younger brother, Ben. Eliza doesn't do much. Ben is really good at piano. Billy loves to play basketball. He doesn't see his except that his father is his basketball coach. Billy loves to play basketball and loves to shoot. He is on the same team as Lenny, his best fr...more
b. 165 pages
c. This book by Mike Lupica is about Billy and his family. Billy's parents recently got divorced and ever since then nothing has been the same. He lives with his mom, his older sister, Eliza, and his younger brother, Ben. Eliza doesn't do much. Ben is really good at piano. Billy loves to play basketball. He doesn't see his except that his father is his basketball coach. Billy loves to play basketball and loves to shoot. He is on the same team as Lenny, his best fr...more
This book was about a kid the has his heart set on winning this years basketball championship.There are problems outside of basketball that he has to workout, such as the trial seperation of his parents.The main characters include Billy,Ben;his brother,Joe;his dad,and his mom Lynn.His dad and him are always argueing throughout the book.Billy is to focus on basketball to care about about Ben own fellings and problems.Ben needs his brother more than ever.What i really like about this book is that...more
Hot Hand is about a boy named Billy Raynor who is on his basketball team.He is the best player on his team and is the best shooter in the leauge.An external conflict for billy is that his parents are going through a divorce and billy is mad because he can do nothing about it.His main internal conflict is that his little brother needs his family to stay together. While reading this book I Made a text to world connection. Billys parents divorce reminds me of how alot of familys have divorces and t...more
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Hot Hand
Mike Lupica
165 pages
historical fiction
Hot Hand is by Mike Lupica and is a historical fiction book. Hot Hand is about a boy named Billy Raynor and his parents just got a divorce. Billy is living with his mom but his mom is always working and is in a different state. Billy's dad is the coach of Billy's basketball team and he is always getting on Billy's case whenever he does something wrong and yells at him. Billy has a younger brother named Ben who plays the piano. Ben hasn't been going...more
Mike Lupica
165 pages
historical fiction
Hot Hand is by Mike Lupica and is a historical fiction book. Hot Hand is about a boy named Billy Raynor and his parents just got a divorce. Billy is living with his mom but his mom is always working and is in a different state. Billy's dad is the coach of Billy's basketball team and he is always getting on Billy's case whenever he does something wrong and yells at him. Billy has a younger brother named Ben who plays the piano. Ben hasn't been going...more
I gave this book a 4 star simply because I like the sports type of books. Sports books are really the only type of book that I have actually rated and have written a review for. This book is about a kid named Billy Raynor. He of course is the main character and just happens to play basketball for his middle school team. He has a brother named Ben, he's not too bright on the basketball side, but loves to play the Piano. His dad is Billy's head coach, eventually breaks up with his wife (Billy and...more
I liked this book because it’s all about basketball and that’s my second favorite sport. Also it’s very interesting with the separation of his parents and how he cannot concentrate on his basketball skills. I could never put it down until the end. My favorite character in Comeback Kids is Lenny Dinardo because he likes to play basketball. He’s the best player on the YMCA. At the end, Lenny made the winning shot and became the center of attention. My favorite scene is when Billy was playing in a...more
If I had boys, this would be a great book for them! My nephews love these books. This particular one is about a boy whose mother and father are in the process of getting a divorce. There's also a younger brother that is gifted at piano and not sports plus a teenage sister that is always cheerful but overly chatty. The main character learns that sometimes being the star of the game doesnt mean being the one with the hot hand (and shooting all the time). He sacrifices a championship game to see hi...more
I enjoyed reading Hot Hand a lot by Mike Lupica. It had 190 pages. And I thought it was a great book, and I could never put it down! The main character is Billy Raynor. Billy's parents are divorced so him and his brother, Ben Raynor, have been very upset about the seperation. Their parent's are both trying to spend lot's of time with them with different hobbies. Billy loves to play basketball and his dad has always coached Billy's team. And Ben Raynor plays the piano, and his mom always prepares...more
Book Two in the Comeback Kids series by Mike Lupica - 3 stars. Billy Raynor is a 10 year old basketball player who is having problems with his family and his coach (who is his father). His parents have separated and Billy feels lost. And to make it worse, his coach/father is down on him for shooting too much in his basketball games.
This book is typical Mike Lupica teen drama for boys. It is centered on sports, but has "life lessons" that the readers can absorb without too much preaching. I start...more
This book is typical Mike Lupica teen drama for boys. It is centered on sports, but has "life lessons" that the readers can absorb without too much preaching. I start...more
Jan 09, 2013
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This book is about akid named Billy who just wants to shoot the basketball, but his dad is his coach and his dad and mom just got a divorce. Everything in Billys life is getting complicated ecspecially when his little brother Ben who is a piano prodigy never talks to anyone, and in Billys life his dad is always on him for not being a true team player. But when Ben has his piano recital on the same day as Billys champoinship game Billys shows his dad he can be a team player. Hot hand is s great b...more
10-year-old Billy’s parents are separated. His father is his basketball coach and is very tough on Billy. They ‘butt” heads all the time. Billy loves to shoot the ball and his father wants him to pass it to others on the team. Most of the action takes place on the court, which is natural since this is a book about basketball. But it is also about how a family copes when the parents are going through a divorce. I felt this area was weak. The ending seemed to be too quick with all loose ends tied...more
Hot Hand is a really good book and is about basketball and friendships. The boys named is Billy. Billy’s dad is the basketball coach and is really hard on Billy to pass the ball. Billy’s friend Lenny is the best player in the league and Billy is the 3rd best player so they have a very good team. Billy’s brother ben does not like sports but he really likes piano. Ben is very good at it but his dad wants him to play sports. One day at school this bully starts picking on Ben and Billy comes in to s...more
The book I read was called the Comback kids. It was written by Mike Lupica. It is about a boy named Billy and his parents are divorced. He has a brother named Ben and two sisters named Eliza and Peg. Billy's favorite sport is basketball, but he is not the best on the basketball team Lenny DiNardo was. It didn't bother Billy because he and Lenny were best friends. Billy's dad was the coach of the team and Lenny's dad was the assistant coach. There team was the best in the league there team went...more
I loved this book. I love sports but in general find a lot of sports books to be boring. This book, though, was great. It's a fast read. I read it in one night.
Billy loves basketball and in fact lives for basketball even more so now that he has been told that his parents are going through a trial seperation. His coach is his dad and they have a lot of issues. Billy's mad at his dad for leaving and he's mad at his dad for always complaining about his actions on the court. According to his dad, B...more
Billy loves basketball and in fact lives for basketball even more so now that he has been told that his parents are going through a trial seperation. His coach is his dad and they have a lot of issues. Billy's mad at his dad for leaving and he's mad at his dad for always complaining about his actions on the court. According to his dad, B...more
Dec 12, 2012
Riley
marked it as to-read
I liked this book because it has a lot to do with basket ball. Billy is one of the main characters in this story his mom and dad are going through a divorce and its really hard on him. my favorite part of this book is when he punches this bully named "Zeke the Geke" he punches him right in the stomach and knocks the wind out of him. I give this book a 4 star because it never really got boring. And I am exited to read more books by this author. If you like basket ball this is the book for you.
I think the book Hot Hand was a great choice book as i'm coming into the basketball season. This book deals with alot including relashiships between the main charcter named Billy and his mom and dad because they are getting a divorce. I believe this is a great 8th grade book to read. This book is particularly for basketball players and guys.
I chose this book because it is about a boy name billy and he wants to be the greatest player of his league and he stays in the gym all day and night pratice all night and sometime he has promblem with his dad yelling at him and his dad wants him to be a passer but he think him shooting will make him better becuase he has a hot hand!!
This book is about a boy name Billy Raynour .Who has a hard time with
his parents because,they're not together anymore.Billy plays baseketball at the YMCA
and guess what his dad's the coach.his dad is really tough on him about Bball
just because he never past the ballto his team mates.his brother BEN is a piano player.the finals are close for Ben and Billy.when billy finds out that the finals is the same day as Bens pianochampionship
he shows his dad what true team player he really is.
his parents because,they're not together anymore.Billy plays baseketball at the YMCA
and guess what his dad's the coach.his dad is really tough on him about Bball
just because he never past the ballto his team mates.his brother BEN is a piano player.the finals are close for Ben and Billy.when billy finds out that the finals is the same day as Bens pianochampionship
he shows his dad what true team player he really is.
May 09, 2013
6neilan_brandon
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This great book by Mike Lupica. Its about a kid Billy Raynor whose parents are divocing and plays on a basketball team. He will shot at all costs. Bad or good shot he will shoot. In the end he his faced with a conflict that you will have to read this book to find out. This was a great book about basketball
It�as simple. All Billy Raynor wants to do is shoot. After all, he is one of the best shooters in the league. But with his dad as his coach, and his parents newly separated, somehow everything�s become complicated. His brother Ben, the piano prodigy, hardly talks anymore. His mom is always traveling on business. And his dad is always on his case about not being a team player.
This is the first sports-related book that I've read (Unless if you would consider putting kids in an arena and watch them kill each other a sport).
I like the story. It has a good message, but the characters aren't described very well. It's hard for me to enjoy a book if I can't fully imagine a character.
I like the story. It has a good message, but the characters aren't described very well. It's hard for me to enjoy a book if I can't fully imagine a character.
I liked this book because I like sports and like to play basketball with friends. It was a book that I actually finished. if you like sports you should read this book especially if you like basketball.
This great book by Mike Lupica is about a kid whose parents are divocing and plays on a basketball team. This book has fights, games, subspentions, and other pageturning events!
It was a very good book. At the end the main character had to make a very important decision which had an unprecedented end
this was probably the best mike lupica book ive read. i read this back in middle school and i really got into the book
I think that this book really was good for me because I really like sports!
This book was good but very non suprising you could very easily infer what was going to happen in the book, which was kind of agrivating.
it was a good book. it was on my favorite sport basketball.
good boook. mike lupica is boss
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