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293rd out of 434 books
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The Batboy
by
Mike Lupica
It is every baseball kid’s dream summer job: batboy for your hometown Major League team. Yet for fourteen year- old Brian, the job means more than just the chance to hang around his idols. Baseball was the job his father loved so much, in the end he couldn’t leave it. Yet he could leave his family. Now Brian sees the job as the way to win back his father. There is no winni...more
Hardcover, 247 pages
Published
March 9th 2010
by Philomel
(first published November 9th 2009)
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Parents need to know that this sports story stands out not because the underdog wins in the end or saves the game in the last second. It stands out because the main character, Brian, recognizes he probably won't ever make the big leagues, but he still wants to be the best he can; because his divorced dad was a lousy father and he doesn't have a miraculous change of heart or change his ways in the end; instead Brian gains the maturity to realize his dad might not change, but he can still love him...more
Lupica, Mike, The Batboy. Penguin Group: New York, 2010. 246 pp. ISBN 978-0-14-241782-9
Genre: Young Adult Fictions
Rating: ****For a boy who loves every part of baseball, even the starts and stops, getting to be the batboy for the Detroit Tigers as a summer job is a dream come true. As batboy he gets to meet his all time baseball hero Hank Bishop. Hank has not come back for the love of the game, or to make 500 homeruns, he has come back to prove something to himself. Brian never gives up on his b...more
Genre: Young Adult Fictions
Rating: ****For a boy who loves every part of baseball, even the starts and stops, getting to be the batboy for the Detroit Tigers as a summer job is a dream come true. As batboy he gets to meet his all time baseball hero Hank Bishop. Hank has not come back for the love of the game, or to make 500 homeruns, he has come back to prove something to himself. Brian never gives up on his b...more
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Every kid's dream is to be able to meet their favorite star athlete and this is Brian's dream too. This book is about Brian, a 14-year-old boy who gets a summer job to be the batboy on the Detroit Tigers and meet all the star players.
Brian has season tickets to every Tigers home game. He has posters all over his walls of Hank Bishop, his favorite ball player. He plays baseball for his village all-star team.
Brian is a unpopular kid in high school. When he gets called up for the batboy job, he sta...more
Brian has season tickets to every Tigers home game. He has posters all over his walls of Hank Bishop, his favorite ball player. He plays baseball for his village all-star team.
Brian is a unpopular kid in high school. When he gets called up for the batboy job, he sta...more
The Batboy
During the months of January and February I read the book The Bat Boy by Mike Lupica. I’ve read several of his books and I enjoy his style of writing. This particular book by Mike Lupica would have to be one of my favorites, along with The Million Dollar Throw and Heat. That’s why I give this book four out of a possible five stars. The specific reasons why I gave The Batboy four stars will be explained in the paragraphs below. In those paragraphs I will be reviewing the story’s plot,...more
During the months of January and February I read the book The Bat Boy by Mike Lupica. I’ve read several of his books and I enjoy his style of writing. This particular book by Mike Lupica would have to be one of my favorites, along with The Million Dollar Throw and Heat. That’s why I give this book four out of a possible five stars. The specific reasons why I gave The Batboy four stars will be explained in the paragraphs below. In those paragraphs I will be reviewing the story’s plot,...more
I've wondered for some time now if a novel with a deeply configured sports theme could possibly come away with a Newbery prize in today's culture of literature for young readers. I'm not talking about books like Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy or Maniac Magee, both Newbery designees that featured sports as incidental to the plot; what I have in mind are books that truly revolve around a sports theme, ones in which the plot is built on the foundation of a sport or sports. Perhaps the close...more
The Batboy details the summer life of 14 year old Brian. Brian lives for baseball. He learned that from his dad, who was a major league pitcher before getting let go and leaving his family to move to Japan to be a pitching coach. Brian applies to be a batboy for his favorite team, the Detroit Tigers. Soon he finds out that his idol, Hank Bishop has been picked up by the team. Hank is back into baseball after getting in trouble for testing positive for steroids. He is ecstatic to get the chance t...more
The main character in this book's name was Brian. He is fourteen years old and his summer job it to be the batboy for the Detroit Tigers. Usually the boys that are batboys are sixteen years old or older. During that same summer he has travel ball and later in the year his favorite baseball player comes back to the Tigers. Brian's job as a batboy goes as high as getting players what they need to making coffee for the players. Before games he needs to stock the dugout up with seeds and gum, and an...more
This was one very encouraging book. Mike Lupica presents the theme of following your dreams by showing one dream of a boy. Brian Dudley, a 13 year old from Bloomfield Hills, is a super fan of the Detroit Tigers. After landing a job with the franchise as a batboy, his wildest dreams come true. Hank Bishop, a baseball player that was suspended for using steroids, was signed to the Tigers. Mr. Bishop was Brian's hero. He made baseball seem like a journey for Brian. After Brian saw Hank in the locke...more
The batboy is about a boy named Brian Dudley who gets a summer job as the batboy for the Detroit Tigers. Brian Dudley also plays travel baseball for his local team, "The Sting." Brian's father was named Cole Dudley and was a relief pitcher in the major leagues for 13 years. Brian's father left the family without warning to be a pitching coach in Japan, leaving Brian to live with his mother. Brian got the job as batboy after sending a letter to the clubhouse manager of the Tigers, "Jim Shneckel."...more
The Batboy by Mike Lupica
The Batboy by Mike Lupica is about a 14 year old kid named Brian Dudley who has a dream of being Batboy for his hometown team the Detroit Tigers. Brian’s dream of being the Batboy comes true when he is chosen by the Tigers front office for the job. Brian loves and thoroughly enjoys baseball but most of all enjoyed his father who left him and his mom. Brian’s father who is a retired major league pitcher left the family a while ago but what makes it hard on Brian is the f...more
The Batboy by Mike Lupica is about a 14 year old kid named Brian Dudley who has a dream of being Batboy for his hometown team the Detroit Tigers. Brian’s dream of being the Batboy comes true when he is chosen by the Tigers front office for the job. Brian loves and thoroughly enjoys baseball but most of all enjoyed his father who left him and his mom. Brian’s father who is a retired major league pitcher left the family a while ago but what makes it hard on Brian is the f...more
14 year old baseball fanatic, Brian, lands the summer job of his dreams when he is hired to be batboy for the Detroit Tigers. Growing up with a now absent dad who played in the majors, he has been a life long fan of the game. When his long time idol, Hank Bishop, comes out of retirment to join the team Brian believes life can't possibly get better. Bishop is trying to make a come-back after being suspended for steroid use but has lost his love of the game and maybe his talent. Brian is disappoin...more
This book really caught my eye because I'm a fan of baseball. I chose it because I love all Mike Lupica books. The story is based on a 14 year old boy named Brian. Since he was little Brian loved the Detroit Tigers. He got a job as the batboy for the summer. Now it is a dream come true until a former star Hank bishop shows up. That was Brian's idol even when he was suspended for taking steroids. He finally meets him but Hank is a jerk to him. My favorite quote is on the back of the book, the "S...more
Brian gets a summer job as batboy for his favorite professional team. During the summer, not only does the player he most admires – who was suspended for suspected steroids use – come back to play for the same team, but Brian’s father is back in town. A good solid sports entry- there’s lots of baseball action for fans, but even non-enthusiasts can follow along and enjoy the story. The characters are pretty predictable, as is the denouement, but the ending is nonetheless satisfying and believable...more
This is an awesome book. I loved it. This is one of my favorite books of all-time for many reasons. Mainly, because it is about baseball, which is my favorite sport. It also shows you how life as a major league baseball player really is like. This book is also an inside scoop of life inside an Major league baseball dugout/clubhouse. Another reason I love this book is because it shows how rough life can be at times, and how you have to actually work to achieve goals that mean something to you. I...more
Dec 18, 2011
Logan Gillmore
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Its about a boy named Brian and he's living his dream to be a batboy for a major-league team. Brian believes that its the perfect thing to make him and his dad closer. And his baseball hero Hank Bishop returns from suspended for drugs and Brian thought it couldnt get any better. until Hank starts to shpw his true colors and Brian is getting second thoughts if he needs to forget about him.
Im not a big baseball fan but its the best one Ive read in a while.
I recommened this book to young baseball p...more
Im not a big baseball fan but its the best one Ive read in a while.
I recommened this book to young baseball p...more
This was a good book because it kept you reading. First, Brian's dad moved out because he retired from the MLB and went to Japan where he was still famous. This made life hard from Brian and his mother. Then one summer, Brian signed up to be a batboy for the Detriot Tigers. Even though he is underaged, they hire Brian because he is determined and they where short in volenteers. Then Brian's idol, Hank Bishop, is picked up by the Tigers and is in a terrible slump just before he was going to get h...more
Mike lupica is a good author and makes good books. I'm writing my book review on Mike Lupica's book The batboy. I rate this book a 4 out of 5 star. Not only does the book take place in Bloomfield Hills but the way the author describes it makes the story sound like you are living it. The amazing details paint pictures in your mind and you cant stop reading. Mike Lupica did a great job once again but he made me not want to put the book down and neither will you. That's why you should read the ama...more
The Batboy
Reviewed by: Zach Isenberg
What’s your dream? In the book, The Batboy, by Mike Lupica, Brian Dudley has a dream to play major league baseball. He doesn’t know but the closest he comes to playing major league baseball is being a batboy at Comerica Park for the Detroit Tigers. At the same time he becomes a batboy for the Tigers, his favorite player and idol, Hank Bishop, gets traded back to the Tigers. Brian looks up to Hank like a father figure, because his own father, Cole, abandoned he...more
Reviewed by: Zach Isenberg
What’s your dream? In the book, The Batboy, by Mike Lupica, Brian Dudley has a dream to play major league baseball. He doesn’t know but the closest he comes to playing major league baseball is being a batboy at Comerica Park for the Detroit Tigers. At the same time he becomes a batboy for the Tigers, his favorite player and idol, Hank Bishop, gets traded back to the Tigers. Brian looks up to Hank like a father figure, because his own father, Cole, abandoned he...more
Batboy, by Mike Lupica, was a great fiction book that I could have read for hours. This book is about a boy named Brian who gets a summer job as a batboy for the Detroit Tigers. His whole life has been about baseball ever since his big league dad left him and his mom. During the course of the summer Brian's idol gets signed to the Tigers, and over time they become like father and son. I had a lot of favorite parts in this book but one stood out in particular. I liked when Brian's idol Hank Bisho...more
I am not a huge sports fan, but what I like about Mike Lupica's books is that there is so much more than just sports. In this book he addresses the steroid scandal that has plagued baseball. Brian has gotten the dream job of being a bat boy for the Detroit Tigers and his favorite player has returned after a suspension for steroid use. But things don't go smoothly between them. Brian is also struggling with his father, a baseball player who walked out on the family.
Apr 25, 2011
Nick Kuechle
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I finished the batboy by Mike Lupica. This was a fiction book about a kid who played baseball and was the batboy for the Detroit Tigers. He ended up meeting his hero of a baseball player and helped become a better player. In the end the kid's hero and his mom hook up and date.
I really liked this book because it was interesting the whole time and it talked a lot about baseball one of my favorite sports. I have already read a lot of Mike Lupica's sport books and I look forward to reading more....more
I really liked this book because it was interesting the whole time and it talked a lot about baseball one of my favorite sports. I have already read a lot of Mike Lupica's sport books and I look forward to reading more....more
5/6th&up. Mike Lupica really has his pulse on what a boy wants to read about. This story has just enough baseball details to make it authentic, but not enough to scare off someone who has only a passing interest in the sport (me). Brian is a likable character, and his hero Hank Bishop is presented as flawed yet redeemable. With a subplot of an absent father, and the issue of steroids, and a message about going after your dreams, this book has a something for everyone.
I am a big baseball fan and this book has A LOT of baseball. A good portion of this book is a play by play discription of games. If your into that this book is for you.
Brian is a likeable character. I understand his love/hate relationship with this major league baseball playing father. I was broken hearted for him when Hank was such a jerk. I really like learning all about what a Batboy does. It was an interesting story and it reads like it's written by a sports writer.
Brian is a likeable character. I understand his love/hate relationship with this major league baseball playing father. I was broken hearted for him when Hank was such a jerk. I really like learning all about what a Batboy does. It was an interesting story and it reads like it's written by a sports writer.
I enjoyed The Batboy more than I expected for two reasons: it was about a batboy for the Detroit Tigers and when I was younger one of my dreams was to be a batgirl for the Tigers. My brother and I even entered a couple of contests to be honorary batboys/girls, but alas we never won. In this story, Brian Dudley gets a gig as batboy and his summer only gets better when his idol, Hank Bishop, returns to the team after being suspended for steroid use. It's a pretty typical sports story with the ubiq...more
This is NOT Mike Lupica at his best--too dang predictable. Still,it's a heckuva lot better than the much hyped Hothead in that Ripken & collaborator don't write well for boys and Lupica DOES. True baseball fanatics will glory in extremely detailed baseball talk and young readers will love the just about perfect, wish fulfillment ending.
One of my groups in literature class read this book. I added a couple of books by Mike Lupica to my collection last year based on the recommendation of a student. I am glad I did. I had 3 boys and 2 girls choose this book. It was a good read and I liked how Lupica incorporated life situations into a book written about sports. The book had several good mesages and everyone enjoyed reading the book.
This was my first Mike Lupica book. Being a big Tiger fan, I grew up with the dream of being a batboy at Tiger Stadium so the premise for this book was right in my wheelhouse. The writing was smooth and very descriptive, making the reader feel like he really was on the field. The story, though simple and probably predictable, was engaging and made you want to keep reading to see how it all turns out. Overall, a good story about a boy realizing his dream, and finding out it is not on the field wh...more
Brian tells his life about being the Detroit Tigers batboy.He's living every kids dream by meeting every baseball player on the Tigers players especially his favorite. this book is a great example of realistic fiction because its fake but it could happen.kids grades 4-6 will love it they can relate to liking baseball. overall the batboy is a fantastic book full of laughs I highly recomend it.
I think that this is a book mainly for people who like baseball. If you do not like baseball you will probably not like this because it is mainly about a kid who loves baseball. I would recommend this to you if you really like baseball and play it or even just like to watch it. So basically, if you like baseball you will love this book but, if you do not you will probably not like it.
Brian gets the job of a lifetime - being a batboy for the Detroit Tigers. His mom isn't too happy, because she doesn't like baseball. It could be because Brian's dad used to be a professional pitcher and they recently got divorced. Brian also lucks out when his favorite player is called back to the Tigers. He thinks it will be great - but will it?
Not my favorite Lupica, but it's a good story for sports crazed kids.
Not my favorite Lupica, but it's a good story for sports crazed kids.
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