In striving to enrich the lives of all readers, teachingbooks supports the first amendment and celebrates the right to read. Mike lupica books, author biography, and reading level. He had some ups and some downs, but overall he came out okay. November 2019 dear parents, the lexile framework for reading. The lexile for this book is 780 it is basically for a 7th grader maybe six months into the school year. Lupica, through this book, tries to explain that irrespective of the difficulties and adversities, one should never ever give up on a dream even if it seems a bit farfetched. Travel team is the first novel i have read from mike lupica and i will be going out very soon to buy many more of his sports novels. Mike lupica is the author of multiple bestselling books for young readers, including the home team series, qb 1, heat, travel team, milliondollar throw, and the underdogs. Newly orphaned after his father led the familys escape from cuba, michaels only family is his seventeenyearold. Please note that the lexile measures for a small population of books have been recently updated. Enhancements were made to more precisely measure materials read in k2 classrooms. Similar to the reading framework, the listening framework is a scientific approach to measuring both students listening ability and complexity of audio materials on the same lexile developmental scale.
Mike lupica raises the stakes in this sequel to travel team, where taking your game to the next level means more than just winning. Mike lupica is a sports newspaper columnist, not only has he made several appearances on espn, but also has a sport section in the new york daily news. His longevity at the top of his field is based on his experience and insiders knowledge, coupled with a provocative presentation. But his firepower is nothing compared to the heat michael faces in his daytoday life. Heat vividly and warmly allows all of us who ever had that dream to live it one more time. This book ends in a real cliffhanger and proves why mike lupica is still a highly respected and celebrated author in the us and elsewhere.
Authored by mike lupica, the comeback kids series is a wellknown collection of young adult novels. His new york daily news column is syndicated nationally. From new york times bestselling author mike lupica, comes a timely story about a young girl who joins the boys football team. Eighthgrade quarterback nate gets a chance to win a million dollars if he can complete a pass during halftime at a new england patriots game. Mike lupica from bmi online, see our free shipping offer and bulk order pricing. Team players book by mike lupica official publisher page. Safe at home comeback kids mike lupica 0142414603 9780142414606 feeling he doesnt belong with his foster parents, nick crandall also feels he.
He also briefly hosted an unsuccessful television chat program, the mike lupica show, on espn2, as well as a shortlived radio show on wfan in new york city in the mid1990s. Order of mike lupica books mike lupica is an american author and sportswriter. Parker, he was selected by the parker estate to continue the sunny randall and more about mike lupica. Parker was the author of seventy books, including the legendary spenser detective series, the novels featuring chief jesse stone, and the acclaimed virgil coleeverett hitch westerns, as well as the sunny randall novels. They all agreed it was a page burner with memorable characters. Dust jacket and book have some bumped corners and light shelf wear. Handpicked recommendations to authors who have a similar writing style to mike lupica. Mike lupica is a new york times bestselling author of several books for young readers. Sep 01, 2001 this was my first experience reading mike lupica. A few of the books of lupica have been turned into a tv series or movie. Mike lupica is one of the most prominent sports writers in america.
With mike s signature fastpaced, heartfelt writing, he expertly explores gender inequality in football with nonstop sports a. Travel team by mike lupica is about a short basketball player named danny walker who gets cuts from his travel team. Travel team is an inspirational tale in the tradition of the bad news bears and hoosiers. Its often said that little league is where the dream begins for millions of kids who aspire to wear a big league uniform. Lupica lives in connecticut with his wife and their four children. Milliondollar throw by mike lupica and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Although the vast majority of books that have lexile measures did not change, a small subset of books required updated lexile measures.
Lupica has a sarcastic ny wit which is perfectly developed through his characters. This is truly one of the better books of mike lupica and it is no surprise that this novel was a bestseller. Brian believes that its the perfect thing to bring him and his bigleaguer dad closer together. Mike lupica is a prominent sports journalist and the new york timesbestselling author of more than forty works of fiction and nonfiction. Discount prices on books by mike lupica, including titles like robert b. Fiction michael arroyo has a pitching arm that throws serious heat.
Appropriate titles of equal value may be substituted if any of the listed titles are unavailable at shipping time. E3 a first edition complete numberline hardcover book signed by author on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Asked in hatchet novel what is the lexile of the book hatchet. Dead air, for example, became a cbs tv movie money, power, murder for which he wrote the teleplay. The story of travel team is great, how a 12 year old little man named danny who is very small for his age overcomes his defeats and also renews a relationship with his father, who becomes his coach. Since 1988 lupica has been one of the rotating pundits on the sports reporters on espn.
Batting order book by mike lupica official publisher page. Mike lives in connecticut with his wife and their four children. Dannys dad former nba player decides to coach a new travel team for danny but gets in a car accident and is unable to coach the rest of the season. Mike writes sports columns for the daily news and wrote autobiographies with reggie jackson and bill parcells. Book scavenger jennifer chambliss bertman j cha 810. This collection of titles from author mike lupica was hand selected to provide you with the best books at the best prices. Mike lupica books list of books by author mike lupica. I just read the book travel team by mike lupica it was 930 lexile and the genre was sports. Mike lupica books, author biography, and reading level scholastic.
The official book website for mike lupica, author of no slame dunk, travel team, heat, the big field, comeback kids, miracle on 49th street, and summer ball. See all books authored by mike lupica, including heat, and travel team, and more on. This book was about a boy named danny walker and his struggles through life and basketball. Mike lupica has captured an accurate snapshot of a little league summer. Using lexile find a book, you can easily find books that match your childs lexile measure, grade level or interests among the hundreds of thousands of books in this browser tool.