Pedro Morales has always been content helping others look great. The epitome of a point guard, he plays the game to set up his teammatesNed, in pa...
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Aug 20, 2011
Buzzer Beater, the shot goes up and swish he scores for the win. The book that I read is about a boy named Pedro Morales who's dad is a famous soccer player. Pedro morales and his familly has legally crossed the the border and ready to begin a new journey in the United states Of America. For the second year straight year Pedro has made the cross country basketball team for veron middle school. Everybody on the team knew that Pedro was the greatest passer on their Veron Middle school basketball t
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Dec 18, 2011
Naglis
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Long Shot
Mike Lupica
Book Response By Naglis
My book response is Long Shot by Mike Lupica in the Comeback Kids series. The main character is Pedro. The setting mostly takes place in a town named Vernon in the present day. The plot of the story is that Ned, one of Pedro’s best friends, excels at athleticism, especially in basketball and is also the most popular kid in Vernon Middle School. He plays excellently with Pedro, More...
Mike Lupica
Book Response By Naglis
My book response is Long Shot by Mike Lupica in the Comeback Kids series. The main character is Pedro. The setting mostly takes place in a town named Vernon in the present day. The plot of the story is that Ned, one of Pedro’s best friends, excels at athleticism, especially in basketball and is also the most popular kid in Vernon Middle School. He plays excellently with Pedro, More...
Jun 03, 2010
Mr
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Mikel Arocho 182 pages
This book is about a eleven year old boy named Pedro Morales. He is in the sixth grade at Vernon Middle School and he plays on the town team called The Vernon Knights. Pedro and Ned are good friends until the election for president of their school. So now both teammates are going at it for president. The winner for president was Pedro Morales.
The best part of the book that I liked was when Pedro Morales won the election against his own tea More...
This book is about a eleven year old boy named Pedro Morales. He is in the sixth grade at Vernon Middle School and he plays on the town team called The Vernon Knights. Pedro and Ned are good friends until the election for president of their school. So now both teammates are going at it for president. The winner for president was Pedro Morales.
The best part of the book that I liked was when Pedro Morales won the election against his own tea More...
Jun 26, 2011
Erik
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Though heavily sports (basketball and a little soccer) tilted, the main theme of the book is off the court. This is a book about being a leader and not being afraid of going after something you want, even if the pursuit comes at a cost. I am not a big fan in general of sports books, but this one has enough depth and good characters that it was easy to keep the pages turning. It is a relatively low reading level (for the battle of the books), but high interest story. Aside from it being a lit
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Mar 10, 2009
kareem
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pedro plays basketball and is on team suddenly theres a election for what you say. to be prisident of the united states of america. just kidden its to be class prisident and pedro has to run against one of his owen teammates hes called "ned hancock" and pedro acts like he dont see the light he calls him MR.perfect in his mind sadly. hes not even confident about himself so read to find out whos going to win Pedro V.S "MR.perfect".
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Aug 28, 2011
Ingrid
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Pedro is on the basketball team and decides to run for class president against one of his teammates, Ned. Ned is far more outgoing and seems to be successful at everything he does. Ned doesn't like that Pedro is running against him and takes it out on Pedro in subtle ways on the basketball court. Pedro's father, an immigrant from Mexico is very proud of his son. I am sure that basketball fans will enjoy this book, but I couldn't get too excited about it. I thought that the book tried too hard t
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Jun 27, 2010
Sara
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I am not necessarily a sports fiction gal, but this was a little like a "Hoosiers" sort of story. Our main character, though a bit unrealistic at times as a sixth grade boy, is a likeable young man with intelligence, integrity, and basketball skills. He decides to run against the super-star of the school for class president and the story goes from there. Lupica writes with his usual flair and I think both boys and girls will enjoy the story. A bit idealistic at times, but still has you
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Nov 26, 2011
Kathy
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This was a book about a boy who considered himself more of a team player than a person who wanted the limelight. He and the star of the team got along well and led the team to many victories but the friendship was strained when Pedro decided to run against his friend for the student body president position that the star thought should be his. Pedro starts to second guess himself when the star tries to trip him up as a warning not to run for presidemt. Pedro finds strength in his dad's support
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Mar 01, 2011
Rebecca
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this book is about a boy named Pedro Morales, who plays basketball. I really liked this book. it's funny interesting, and about sports. ( I LOVE sports! ) but if you read this book, you should know a lot about basketball or it might be confusing. ( I LOVE sports, but I don't know a lot a lot about basketball so it was a little confusing. )
Oct 05, 2011
Marcia
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After a slow start, I ended up being drawn into this story of what it means to be a teammate. Pedro and Ned click on the basketball court, reading each other's minds and nailing the no-look passes and great shots that win games. But when they both run for class president, things take a turn. Themes of friendship and popularity along with plenty on-court action to keep sports fans in the game.
Aug 02, 2011
Pat
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As a fan of Mike Lupica, I was so disappointed in this one. The characters were flat, and the friendship theme wore thin early in the tale. Sixth-grader Pedro Morales is opposing his best friend Ned in the election for middle school president, and is doubting his skills on the basketball court. Yawn, not riveting enough for me, as I was expecting a story as good as Heat. The basketball backdrop will interest some young men, so I will probably buy it for my school library.
Dec 09, 2011
Katie
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Boys will likely relate to the main character Pedro and his feelings of inadequacy when comparing himself to his friend Ned . Ned is "perfect" at everything and Pedro has an uphill battle both on and off the basketball court when he decides to run against him for class president.
Mar 15, 2010
Mrs. Jones
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This book will appeal to sports fans - especially boys. There is a lot of basketball terminology, and I think athletes will relate a little better than those who haven't been around the game. Some of the slang between the pre-teen characters felt a little forced, but overall it was very current. I like that it mentioned current events and famous people that kids would know.
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Additionally, the message felt real. An immigrant parent might try to impress upon his child the wonders of Amer More...
Feb 13, 2009
Kenneth
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perdro morales is a team player. hes the # 1 piont guard and decides to run for clss president. ned is the most popular boy in the scool and is running for president to.find out wat happends next.
May 03, 2011
Kinsey
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I really did not like this book at all I thought it was a little boring so if you like basketballl unlike me i would recomend this book for you.
Jan 30, 2011
Michelle
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I liked the first book I read from this series. This story did not have enough substance to it... The odd relationship betweeen Ned and Pedro was somewhat confusing...
Jun 15, 2011
Sarah
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Battle of the Books 2012.
I was looking forward to this book because of how much I enjoyed "Heat" by the same author. I was disappointed. I felt that this book was predictable and too much in a sports-movie story formula. Also, the writing reminded me of the sports stories my 5th graders have been turning in lately, complete with sentence fragments that make comprehension difficult. However, I do foresee that this will be wildly popular with my basketball-loving boys. I was clearly More...
I was looking forward to this book because of how much I enjoyed "Heat" by the same author. I was disappointed. I felt that this book was predictable and too much in a sports-movie story formula. Also, the writing reminded me of the sports stories my 5th graders have been turning in lately, complete with sentence fragments that make comprehension difficult. However, I do foresee that this will be wildly popular with my basketball-loving boys. I was clearly More...
May 18, 2011
Jack
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Well to start this book defies comback and kids perfectly. This book is about a guy named Pedro who decides to run for class president. There is only one problem and its name is Ned and he is the most popular kid in there grade decides to run for class president to. So this book shows how some people aren't how they appear to be. My opinoins are this book was great a new standard for Mike Lupica. I give this book 4 out of 5 stars only because in my opinion no book is perfect it always has some f
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Jul 07, 2010
Dawnspurck
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Blah. Story is ok at best. Boys that love sports, specifically basketball would probably like it. I can't say I did.
Jul 27, 2011
Ms. Chicco
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I thought the writing was a little confusing because the author used phrases from many different sports to describe the actions in the story. The characters played soccer and basketball, but then he threw in terminology from baseball, football, and tennis as well. But the story was good, and realistic enough, if a tad bit too optimistic.
Jan 23, 2011
Mary Beth
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Not enjoying this. My son didn't particularly like this Golden Sower book either but my basketball-loving daughter did.
Feb 04, 2012
