Heat
by Mike LupicaSign in to Goodreads to see your friends' reviews of this book.
discuss this book
friend reviews (0)
To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.
lists with this book
other reviews (showing 1-20 of 449)
Read in March, 2008
recommended to Becky by:
a lot of middle school boysrecommends it for: 5th grade and up, sports fans
I asked for reading recommendations at Genoa MS and 2/3 of the boys held up this book. That's right, they had it with them at school. And it was not assigned.
But wow, it took me a long time to sit down and finish this one! All in all, I liked it a lot. It was my first Mike Lupica book and I can see why he's popular; he tells much of the story with snappy dialogue and works up a lot of suspense for the game scenes (the final Big Game, although it resolves more than just the winning team, is ...more
But wow, it took me a long time to sit down and finish this one! All in all, I liked it a lot. It was my first Mike Lupica book and I can see why he's popular; he tells much of the story with snappy dialogue and works up a lot of suspense for the game scenes (the final Big Game, although it resolves more than just the winning team, is ...more
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
Read in March, 2008
Heat by Mike Lupica
Heat is a sports fiction novel about a twelve year-old boy named Michael Arroyo. He is a Cuban immigrant living in the Bronx with his brother, Carlos. Their father died in the previous May and if that is found out before Carlos turns eighteen, they may be deported back to Cuba. They live very close to Yankee Stadium and Michael often finds himself dreaming about his baseball idol, El Grande.
Only two people outside of the Arroyo family know of Michael's father's death. ...more
Heat is a sports fiction novel about a twelve year-old boy named Michael Arroyo. He is a Cuban immigrant living in the Bronx with his brother, Carlos. Their father died in the previous May and if that is found out before Carlos turns eighteen, they may be deported back to Cuba. They live very close to Yankee Stadium and Michael often finds himself dreaming about his baseball idol, El Grande.
Only two people outside of the Arroyo family know of Michael's father's death. ...more
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
Heat is a fiction book. Michael Arroyo is a twelve year old Cuban immigrant. His father, his brother, and he live happily in New York till the father poops. Carlos, Michael’s brother, and Michael try and keep it a secret till Carlos turns eighteen and can take custody of Michael. Michael is extremely talented at baseball (pitching) and has a dream of playing to the Little League World Series. Michael’s fantasies look promising until one challenging opponent asks for Michael’s birth cer...more
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
Read in April, 2008
recommends it for:
Everyone who likes sports stories
Heat
By Mike Lupica
Heat by Mike Lupika is a sports fiction book about a young twelve year old boy named Michael and his struggle to survive in the Bronx. The main characters in the book are Michael a twelve year old star pitcher for the Clippers. Carlos who is Michael’s older brother and the man of the house. And Manny the catcher who is Michael’s best friend.
This book is centered around Michael who just recently lost his father. Because him and his brother want to stay in A...more
By Mike Lupica
Heat by Mike Lupika is a sports fiction book about a young twelve year old boy named Michael and his struggle to survive in the Bronx. The main characters in the book are Michael a twelve year old star pitcher for the Clippers. Carlos who is Michael’s older brother and the man of the house. And Manny the catcher who is Michael’s best friend.
This book is centered around Michael who just recently lost his father. Because him and his brother want to stay in A...more
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
I truly cannot imagine any 12-year-old boy not loving this book. Even as an adult, a female, and someone who is not a huge fan of baseball (unless it's the Tigers), I loved this book!
Heat tells the story of Michael, a twelve-year-old boy living in the Bronx. Michael immigrated to the U.S. from Cuba with his father and older brother Carlos, but unfortunately, their father died shortly after their arrival. Michael and Carlos refuse to inform anyone of their father's death, due to the fact...more
Heat tells the story of Michael, a twelve-year-old boy living in the Bronx. Michael immigrated to the U.S. from Cuba with his father and older brother Carlos, but unfortunately, their father died shortly after their arrival. Michael and Carlos refuse to inform anyone of their father's death, due to the fact...more
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
recommends it for:
sports fans
This is a wonderful book for all baseball fans, as well as anyone who likes a good story about triumphing over the problems life often brings. Michael Arroyo lives in the shadow of Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. He is twelve years old and an amazing pitcher for his Little League team. Can he help propel them to the Little League World Series? He has a problem, however. Because he is SO good, the rival coaches and players do not believe he is only twelve years old and eligible to play. He needs his...more
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
Read in May, 2008
Imagine you are a twelve-year-old pitcher who throws 80 mph fastballs and is the best in the Bronx. Michael Arroyo has dreams of going to the Little League World Championship in Williamsport, PA. this summer. One problem: his mom and dad are both dead and Michael and his 17-year-old brother, Carlos, are trying to stay one step ahead of the authorities who will send them to foster care if found out. Mrs. Cora, an elderly, poor neighbor cares for them as best she can, but Michael and Carlos are vi...more
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
Read in September, 2007
Heat by Mike Lupica
Imagine a baseball coming at you 80 miles per hour. That is the golden number that every boy dreams of when they play Little League. Pitching a ball 80 miles per hour, AND going to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
In the book, Heat, Michael Arroyo has a lot going for him. He has the fastest arm on the east coast. He is on a terrific team that plays just outside Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. And he has wonderful friends, including Manny, the ...more
Imagine a baseball coming at you 80 miles per hour. That is the golden number that every boy dreams of when they play Little League. Pitching a ball 80 miles per hour, AND going to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
In the book, Heat, Michael Arroyo has a lot going for him. He has the fastest arm on the east coast. He is on a terrific team that plays just outside Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. And he has wonderful friends, including Manny, the ...more
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
Read in February, 2008
recommends it for:
Anyone who loves baseball or just enjoys sports
Heat is a mystery-biography novel by Mike Lupica. Heat is about Michael Arroyo, a twelve year-old pitching sensation with one goal on his mind. Take his little league baseball team to the little league world series in Williamsburg, Pennsylvania.
The only problem is that Michael is so good that the opposing coaches and players want to see a birth certificate proving that he is really twelve years old. It doesn’t really seem like a problem, just pull out the certificate and prove it. The birth...more
The only problem is that Michael is so good that the opposing coaches and players want to see a birth certificate proving that he is really twelve years old. It doesn’t really seem like a problem, just pull out the certificate and prove it. The birth...more
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
Read in July, 2008
Michael Arroyo, a twelve-year-old Cuban immigrant living in the Bronx with his brother, Carlos faces deportment to Cuba if anyone finds out that their father has died and they are living on their own. They live very close to Yankee Stadium and Michael often finds himself dreaming about his baseball idol, El Grande. Two people outside the Arroyo family are aware of the situation: Michael's best friend, Manny, and the Arroyos' neighbor, Mrs. Cora. To everyone else who asks, Michael says that his ...more
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
Read in July, 2007
If there's anything I adored about this book is exactly where the author chose to end it. I get annoyed by stories where there are two possible endings--and both will annoy me (either "okay, this is worked out too well and is unrealistic" or "Well, that sucks; I hate sad endings where things don't work out"). This story circumvented both of those by ending before the story ended. Normally, I hate stories that end too early, but this ended in the exact right spot.
In mor...more
In mor...more
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
Read in February, 2008
recommends it for:
baseball fans
Michael Arroyo is the star pitcher on his Little League team. Michael dreams of playing in the major leagues like his hero, El Grande, who pitches for the Yankees and is a Cuban refugee just like Michael. Michael came to the US from Cuba with his father and older brother. Papi worked as a cab driver until he died of a heart attack, leaving his sons to fend for themselves.
Carlos is almost 18, but the boys are afraid of being separated and keep their dad's death a secret from almost ever...more
Carlos is almost 18, but the boys are afraid of being separated and keep their dad's death a secret from almost ever...more
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
Read in March, 2008
Actually, I listened to this one on CD. The narrator was great - he used appropriate voices and expressions. Where spanish language was used in the book, it was beautifully rendered (he has a hispanic surname which probably had something to do with it). I really enjoyed the story - a young Cuban immigrant (age 12) has dreams of pitching his Little League team to the Little League World Series, a dream that his father, himself a former player on the Cuban national team, nurtured in him. Unfor...more
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
Read in March, 2008
recommended to Nancy by:
Rebecca Caudill Bookrecommends it for: 5-8 Grade Boys and Girls
Michael Arroyo is a twelve year old baseball player from NYC, but his competing coaches find that hard to believe—he’s pitching a little too good for the 12 year olds they’ve seen.
Michael’s father has just recently passed away and his mother had died several years earlier. So now it is just Michael and his older brother to fend for themselves while pretending to the world that their father is just “visiting a sick Uncle”. The last thing the brothers want is to be split up and take...more
Michael’s father has just recently passed away and his mother had died several years earlier. So now it is just Michael and his older brother to fend for themselves while pretending to the world that their father is just “visiting a sick Uncle”. The last thing the brothers want is to be split up and take...more
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
Read in June, 2008
Heat begins with a young punk mugging some old woman and outrunning the police. He's almost in then clear when he makes then mistake of cutting through a baseball diamond. He's about to get away when a baseball slams into the back of his head knocking him out cold. The pitcher is young Michael Arroyo, a baseball prodigy, who instantly becomes a hero with the police and the mayor's office. Unfortunately, attention is the last thing Michael wants. He and his older brother have been trying to ...more
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
Read in October, 2007
recommends it for:
middle school (probably boys) who like baseball
I read this book to see if it could be something for my Sports Literature class, but it felt too young for them.
The story is good, a boy and his brother who came over from Cuba with their father. The father dies, the boys are worried about getting caught as illegals. Meanwhile, the younger boy is an amazing baseball player and he meets up with a girl at the local sandlot. Turns out the girl's father is a famous baseball player (I think for the NY Yankees) who is also from Cuba. It pays t...more
The story is good, a boy and his brother who came over from Cuba with their father. The father dies, the boys are worried about getting caught as illegals. Meanwhile, the younger boy is an amazing baseball player and he meets up with a girl at the local sandlot. Turns out the girl's father is a famous baseball player (I think for the NY Yankees) who is also from Cuba. It pays t...more
Like this review?
yes
1 comments
Read in May, 2007
recommends it for:
Sports fans, youth who need multi-cultural exposure, summer readers
This is a really nice, hopeful and energetic tale of familial love and hard work, with a little bit of a crush thrown in. And don't forget the baseball! I grew up watching little league, and since i live here in NYC i was familar with much of the setting. What really made this story come alive for me was a kind of mystery that surrounded the two boys, a sort of "Boxcar Children" survival story moved to the Bronx. The older brother is so admirable, the younger so promising, and thei...more
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
recommends it for:
sport lovers
The book Heat, by Mike Lupica is a realistic fiction book. The main characters in this book are, Micheal and Chris Arroy. These two bothers go through a lot in their lives. First their Papi dies. Then all because of a coach that is jealous and just wants to win the Little League World Series, thinks Micheal is to old to play. They can't find his birth certificate, so he isnt able to play. As of right now Micheal thinks his life cant get any worse.
I thought the book was great and would recom...more
I thought the book was great and would recom...more
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
Read in February, 2008
Michael (Miguel) Arroyo is a 12 year old pitching sensation, and he's sure to take his little league to Williamsport and the Little League World Finals. That is until another local squad (probably due to sour grapes) decides to challenge Michael's age. Under normal circumstances it wouldn't be hard for Michael's father to produce a birth certificate, but things are far from normal for Michael and his brother Carlos. It seems the least of their worries is that if Michael's birth certificate still...more
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
Okay, I admit it, I don't like baseball. Lupica's HEAT is about baseball, which unfortunately required me to slog through the baseball parts. I made it, which was good since it turned out to be a wonderful story for young baseball lovers as well as for people like me who are not so all-American. Among other things it includes a main character, Cuban born, Michael Arroyo,with a great best friend, a loving brother, an opportunity to shine while overcoming obstacles, and (my favorite)a friend gir...more
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
