Details
Rent Heat
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Narrator: Paolo Andino
Format: Unabridged-CD
Publisher: Listening Library
Published: Apr 2006
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - General
Retail Price: $30.00
Discs: 5
Synopsis
Mike Lupica, sports journalist and author of the bestselling young adult novel TRAVEL TEAM, weaves the gripping story of Michael Arroyo, a 12-year-old Cuban American who dreams of playing in the Little League World Series. Living alone with his older brother in the Bronx, the two boys must avoid detection so that social services doesn't separate them. Baseball is an outlet for Michael, but when he's charged with being too old for Little League, Michael must to do everything he can to save himself and his ambitions.
Reviews
While the description makes it sound a bit heavy, this is a truly enjoyable book. Enough risk to be interesting and enough humor for smiles and laughter. Even for people that don't love baseball or sports stories, this is a great book because it isn't about the game so much as about love of the game, sportsmanship, and a nice kid, Michael, and his VERY humorous friend, Manny. The brother, the girl, the hero all make appearances, but it's really about the friends. The narrator , Paolo Andino, does a remarkable job with voices, from girls to old men, I can hear them in my head. I have not developed a love of Lupica, disliking his Miracle on 49th Street, but he's hit the mark with Heat.