Literature Group Blog

So far in the book Heat by Mike Lupica is that there's this kid named Michael and he can pitch very fast.  Michael's dream one day is to pitch for the New York Yankees. In the beginning of the book Michael sees a kid named Ramon steal an old lady's purse and runs off with it.  Michael threw his baseball very fast at Ramon's neck so the cops could catch him. Later on in the book, Michael meets this girl named Ellie at a ballpark.  Turns out Ellie liked baseball as well, Michael and Manny (Michael's friend) started playing catch with Ellie and she had a very strong arm.  Michael played this team called "Westchester South" and there's this kid named Justin and he pitched a fastball right at Michael when he was up to bat.  Michael knocked out, but he stood right back up and was ok.

I do like the book Heat because its very interesting because I also like baseball and enjoy reading about it too.  This book caught my intention by Michael wanting to make it into the MLB and pitch for the Yankees because I once wanted to play for the Cubs but I realized that that dream wasn't to come true because I didn't commit to it. I also like this book because of the story, the story is inspiring to follow your dreams even though you might be deported back to your home country; Cuba.

My feelings have changed a couple times reading the book because in the beginning everything was fine.  Michael was just a normal kid that just wanted to play for his favorite baseball team.  Then I learned that Michael's parents are both dead and that Michael is living in the USA illegally because him and his brother Carlos are minors.  This part made me sad because the officials might get a background on Michael and find out that he lives here illegally and then they'll deport him and destroy his dream.  After this I felt kind of better because Michael found about this girl and he has a crush on her so I'm guessing that the book will be more positive now on.