Lupica, Mike - Heat
Michael Arroyo is a 12 year old little league baseball star. Mike, his brother Carlos (17) and their father come to New York from Cuba. It's a great sports story, but also a story about a family that has relocated to pursue a better life. Carlos and Mike face many challenges as they keep their family together and keep Mike playing in the district little league playoffs as his team competes to participate at the Little League World Series in Williamsport, PA. These are appealing young people who are coping with a series of difficult situations. Lupica also wrote Travel Team, another sports story. My three sons (15, 13, 8) all enjoyed these books, and they're not usually big fans of sports books. They related to the characters.
Lupica is a sports columnist, and has quite a few books for young adults.
Haven't found an author site except through the publisher and online newsletters:
http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=18276
http://www.bookbrowse.com/biographies/index.cfm?author_number=535
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