Heat

by Mike Lupica

Paperback, 2007

Status

Available

Call number

FIC Lupica

Description

Pitching prodigy Michael Arroyo is on the run from social services after being banned from playing Little League baseball because rival coaches doubt he is only twelve years old and he has no parents to offer them proof.

Collection

Publication

Puffin Books (2007), Edition: Reprint, 256 pages

Awards

Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Middle Grade — 2009)
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Young Adult — 2009)
Georgia Children's Book Award (Finalist — 2009)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2009)
Sasquatch Book Award (Nominee — 2010)
Nutmeg Book Award (Nominee — Teen — 2009)
Iowa Teen Award (Nominee — 2009)
Golden Archer Award (Nominee — 2008)
Charlotte Award (Winner — 2008)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee — Grades 6-9 — 2008)
Isinglass Teen Read Award (Nominee — 2008)
Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Nominee — 2009)
South Carolina Book Awards (Nominee — Junior Book Award — 2009)
Children's Favorites Awards (Selection — 2007)

Language

Original publication date

2005

Physical description

256 p.; 5.44 inches

ISBN

0142407577 / 9780142407578

Barcode

2448
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