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Lupica, Mike.
Publisher:
Philomel Books,
Pub date:
c2006.
Pages:
220 p. ;
ISBN:
0399243011
Copy info:
116 copies available at Aspen Hill Library, Bethesda Library, Chevy Chase Library, Damascus Library, Davis Library, Marilyn J. Praisner Library, Gaithersburg Library, Germantown Library, Kensington Park Library, Little Falls Library, Olney Library, Poolesville Library, Potomac Library, Quince Orchard Library, Rockville Library, Silver Spring Library, Twinbrook Library, Wheaton Library, White Oak Library, and Longbranch Library.
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Summary
Michael Arroyo grows up in the shadows of hallowed Yankee Stadium, a boy forever on the outside looking in. His only chance to see his field of dreams? Pitch his Bronx all-star team to the district finals and a shot at the Little League World Series.But there is a problem. Michael is good "too "good. Rival coaches and players can't believe a boy could be this good and be only twelve years old. And Michael has no way to prove it no mother, no father, and a birth certificate that is stuck home in his native Cuba. If the people from social services find out his secret, he will have an even worse problem: being separated from the only family he knows, his older brother Carlos. Baseball can be a game of heroes, of champions who refuse to lose. Or it can be a field of crushed dreams. For one boy, the game is about to turn serious.
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Publishers Weekly Review
"In a feat worthy of his heroic subjects, Riordan crafts a sequel stronger than his compelling debut in this second adventure in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series," said PW in a starred review. Ages 10-up. (Apr.) Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information.
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ISBN:
0399243011 (hardcover) : $16.99
ISBN:
0142407577 (pbk.) : $6.99
ISBN:
9780142407578(pbk.) : $7.99
Personal Author:
Lupica, Mike.
Title:
Heat / Mike Lupica.
Publication info:
New York : Philomel Books, c2006.
Physical descrip:
220 p. ; 24 cm.
Abstract:
Pitching prodigy Michael Arroyo is on the run from social services after being banned from playing Little League baseball because rival coaches doubt he is only twelve years old and he has no parents to offer them proof.
Subject term:
Brothers Fiction.
Subject term:
Orphans Fiction.
Subject term:
Illegal aliens Fiction.
Subject term:
Cubans Fiction.
Subject term:
Little League baseball Fiction.
Subject term:
Baseball Fiction.
Subject term:
Social service Fiction.
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