Summary Of The Book 'Heat' By Mike Lupica

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Baseball is Michael’s only way to a better future. Michael, the main character in the book “Heat” by Mike Lupica, is a 12 year old boy who moved to New York from Cuba. Michael is gifted. He has an arm that throws baseballs super fast. But with his dad gone Michael can’t prove his age to the baseball team and the team needs his pitching skills. In the book Heat the symbol is Yankee Stadium. This symbol represents the main characters future. But the theme of the book is “family can come from the most unexpected places.” “There was a photo of Michael and Papi posing outside Yankee Stadium.”(122) Michael is grabbing a photo of him and his father posing outside Yankee stadium. Michael is snatching this photo because he needs to show his friends

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