If you have a tween sports lover at home, mike lupica is an author to know. A fastpaced, heartfelt story for basketball fans that proves being a good teammate remains the most important quality in basketballand in life, from new york times bestselling author mike lupica wes father always told him that there was only one ball in basketball. Lot of 6 mike lupica booksbaseballfootballbasketball. From new york times bestselling author mike lupica comes a story about a young basketball player confronting the truth about his hero and grappling with right and wrong on and off the court. I always have liked to read mike lupica books but mostly i like his basketball books. But theres only one problem the coaches from other teams say that he is too good to be just 12 years old. The official book website for mike lupica, author of travel team, heat, the big field, comeback kids, miracle on 49th street, and summer ball no slam dunk a fastpaced, heartfelt story for basketball fans that proves being a good teammate remains the most important quality in basketballand in life, from new york times bestselling author mike.
For more than 30 years, lupica has added magazines, novels, sports biographies, other nonfiction books on sports, as well as television to his professional resume. Mike lupica is an american author and sportswriter. That you had to know when to take it yourself and when. Aug 18, 2005 mike lupica is the author of multiple bestselling books for young readers, including qb 1, heat, travel team, milliondollar throw, and the underdogs. Florida timesunion fast break is the perfect middlegrade read for fans of basketball. Jaysons passion and talent are treated as seriously as if he were already a professional player, which will resonate with. Dust jacket and book have some bumped corners and light shelf wear. E3 a first edition complete numberline hardcover book signed by author on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket. That is how good of a job mike lupica did on this book. So at every practice and game, wes tries his best to be a good basketball player and, above all, a good teammate. Lupica lives in connecticut with his wife and their four children. Mike writes sports columns for the daily news and wrote autobiographies with reggie jackson and bill parcells. Weve compiled what we think is the essential list of his middle grade titles for the football, basketball, or baseball enthusiast in your family, including the recently released football story lone stars.
Because no one plays with more heart or court sense. The official book website for mike lupica, author of travel team, heat, the big field, comeback kids, miracle on 49th street, and summer ball no slam dunk a fastpaced, heartfelt story for basketball fans that proves being a good teammate remains the most important quality in basketballand in life, from new york times bestselling author mike lupica. The realisticfiction book travel team by mike lupica is a book about a small boy named danny walker who loves basketball. Lupicas announcerlike delivery will have you breathless, on the edge of your seat, cheering. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read long shot. As an author, he writes sports novels for children as well as nonfiction. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read travel team. True legend by mike lupica currently one of the most prominent sports writers in america, mike lupica has written several bestselling basketball books.
Lupica has made frequent radio appearances on imus in the morning since the early 1980s. He has carved out a niche as the sporting worlds finest storyteller. Aug 18, 2005 travel team ebook written by mike lupica. An autobiography of the biggest giant of them all with bill parcells, 1987. A fastpaced, heartfelt story for basketball fans that proves being a good teammate remains the most important quality in basketballand in life, from new york times bestselling author mike lupica. A fastpaced, heartfelt story for basketball fans that proves being a good. In addition to hosting the sports reporters, mike lupica writes a syndicated column and also writes popular books. Mikelives in connecticut with his wife and their four children. The books that most profoundly planted this idea in me to write when i was a kid were the chip hilton series by clair bee, the noted basketball coach.
Michael lupica is an author and former american newspaper columnist, best known for his provocative commentary on sports in the new. My book is about a character named michael arroyo a gifted baseball player. Danny has a lot of pressure to play already because of his dad. Travel team by mike lupica meet your next favorite book. His new york daily news column is syndicated nationally. Booklist lupica s announcerlike delivery will have you breathless, on the edge of your seat, cheering. His column in the new york daily news is syndicated nationally.
Young hoopsters can be heavily influenced by reading material, whether its fiction that leads them to dream, nonfiction that inspires them with true stories, or coaching and instructional books that teach them valuable things about the. The turnover book by mike lupica official publisher. Point guard book by mike lupica official publisher. Nov 03, 2015 lupicas announcerlike delivery will have you breathless, on the edge of your seat, cheering. Travel team is a young adult novel by columnist mike lupica, about a boy named danny walker who is cut from his travel basketball team because of his short. For the past fifteen years, he has been a tv anchor for espns the sports reporters. Praise for fast break eager fans will find this a slamdunk. Mike lupica is a new york times bestselling author of several books for young readers.
Mike lupica is the author of multiple bestselling books for young readers, including qb 1, heat, travel team, milliondollar throw, and the underdogs. Discourses on 57 chevys, turquoise buffaloes, frontier salsa, a fourlegged dog named fred and a twolegged brother named don. Mike lupica books, author biography, and reading level scholastic. So at every practice and game, wes tries his best to be a good basketball player and. Booklist lupicas announcerlike delivery will have you breathless, on the edge of your seat, cheering. His first fiction novel was a mystery titled dead air, the start of his peter finley series. Twelveyearold danny walker may be the smallest kid on the basketball court but dont tell him. Here are some of lupicas top books for football, basketball, and baseball fans. For fans of the bad news bears, hoosiers, the mighty ducks, and mike lupicas other new york times bestselling novels heat, the underdogs, and milliondollar throw, here is a book that proves that when the game knocks you down, champions stand tall. He started his newspaper career at 23 years only with the new york post in 1975 and at that time he covered the games of new york knicks. Gramps is lucass hero, which is second only to the fact t. The book shows what danny must go through to play basketball at his size. Mike lupica books list of books by author mike lupica.
For young kids, there are few better ways to fuel an interest in basketball than by reading basketball books. A fastpaced, heartfelt story for basketball fans that proves being a good teammate remains the most important quality in basketball and in life, from new york times bestselling author mike lupica. With so much attention to detail in each game, readers are practically with the characters on the court. Mike lupica books, author biography, and reading level. Booklist a fastpaced, heartfelt story for basketball fans that proves being a good teammate remains the most important quality in basketballand in life, from new york times bestselling author mike lupica. Mike lupica raises the stakes in this sequel to travel team, where taking your game to the next level means more than just winning. With so much attention to detail in each game, readers are. Below is a list of mike lupicas books in order of when they were originally published. Mike lives in connecticut with his wife and their four children. Playmakers game changers by mike lupica was a great book. Point guard book by mike lupica official publisher page.
Mike lupica became a published author in 1985 with the reggie jackson autobiography reggie. In mike lupicas summer ball, published in 2007, yearold danny walker heads to an elite basketball summer camp called right way. The official book website for mike lupica, author of no slame dunk, travel. Lupica is also what he describes as a serial little league coach, a youth basketball coach, and a soccer coach for his four children, three sons and a daughter. Michael or mike lupica born 11th may, 1952 is, probably, the most popular and bestknown sports columnists in united states. From new york times bestselling author mike lupica comes a story about a young basketball player confronting the truth about his hero and grappling with right. Mike lupica books list of books by author mike lupica thriftbooks. The new york times bestselling novelpicks up where lupicas previous novel, travel team. Mike lupica has 83 books on goodreads with 149002 ratings.
See all books authored by mike lupica, including heat, and travel team, and more on. No slam dunk by mike lupica scholastic books for kids. 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. Wes father always told him that there was only one ball in basketball.
In this story, danny walker is a 53 miniballer, but coach ed powers from the competitive right way basketball camp doesnt think he has what it takes to be a topnotch baller. The turnover book by mike lupica official publisher page. Espn fires mike lupica, cancels the sports reporters. Milliondollar throw by mike lupica and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Kobe bryant, dead at 41, leaves behind complicated legacy. The sports reporters covers stories like college sports, like basketball and football, and a long list of pro sports, says the inquisitr. Theres a reason mike lupica is one of the most popular sports writers for children. My option about the book heat was that it was a suspenseful story.
Ben mcbain the star at rockwell middle school, there football season just ending with a championship now it is time for basketball ben led rockwell to a championship last year but the heat is on with a new kid named chase who is a cocky kid who just moved and of course plays at rockwells rivals the darby bears. Lupica is the author of over 30 books for adults and children. Titles and conditions are the big field softcover with light cover shelf wear. Nov 27, 2018 for more than 30 years, lupica has added magazines, novels, sports biographies, other nonfiction books on sports, as well as television to his professional resume.
Twelveyearold danny walker may be the smallest kid on the basketball court but dont tell him that. Here, he will match his nationallyrecognized skills against some of the best young basketball players in the country. Lupica hosted a daily radio show on wepnfm from may 9, 2011 until august 21, 2015. One of his recent novels, true legend, focuses on drew true robinson, so named because of his rare and tremendous talent. The basketball scenes in fast break, though acted out by characters in middle school, are as riveting as watching a final four game. He has been a contributor to the espn talk show the sports reporters since 1988.
As the season kicks off, wes finds that not everyone on his team has the same idea. He lives in connecticut with his wife and their four children. But the problem with mike lupica is that he couldnt make the transition from panel member to host. He also hosted his own program, the mike lupica show on espn2.
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