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Mike Lupica Report by Ethan Cha
Early Child Hood
Born on May 11, 1952 Born in Oneida, New York Son of Benedict and Lee Lupica Benedict (dad) is personal manager Spent child hood in Nahua, New Hampshire Childhood heroes; Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamil Graduated from Boston college Became sports author because: Loved sports growing up Jimmy Breslin and Red Smith tell him he was doing a good job Started writing books in mid-1980s
Accomplishments
Youngest columnist ever at New York Daily news at 23 Novel Dead Air nominated Edgar Allan Poe Award Author of 20 books Travel Team, Heat, Bump and Run, and Wild Pitch; best sellers Tim Murray Award; given from National Football Foundation
My Personal Favorites Million Dollar Throw: haven't finished it but… Travel Team: very well written, and… Safe at Home: heart felt…
Authors Craft
Long Shot Suspenseful, sad Literary Elements Atmosphere Pedro, Ned, Dave, Jeff, Jamal, and Joe “Ned was a small forward, even though he was tall enough to play center and a good enough shooter to play guard” “Pedro could see how excited his father was, saying these things, and it made Pedro happy too.” Character(s) Direct characterization Indirect Characterization Safe at Home Sad, humorous, suspenseful Nick, Jack, Gary, Coach Williams “…but what set Nick apart from the other kids was this: Nick Crandall had an arm.” “Nick might not be small for his age, but he’s to small to catch for varsity.”
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Climax Pedro decides to focus more on basketball than being elected school president Pedro doesn’t focus on basketball and starts to play bad so the coach pulls him out of the starting lineup “…you act like you missed more than 10 shots yesterday just because you got benched” Joe said.
“Pedro smelled the beautiful fresh air of the cloudless blue sky” Conflict Dialogue Imagery Nick decides to work harder to become a better baseball player A lot of Nick’s new teammates don’t like him because he isn’t playing well “I cant do anything” Nick said “I should just quit…” “Nick could smell the snack shack’s fresh doughnuts as it mixed in with the sunny day”
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Metaphor “Pedro felt sad and beaten down as if one of his relatives had died” Motivation Pedro’s dad got a raise so he got to quit one of his jobs, which meant he could see Pedro play. Pedro didn’t want to let his dad down so he worked harder Present-Day, mostly at basketball gym, school, and Pedro’s house Setting “Nick felt as if he had just got straight A’s as his whole team carried him on their shoulders” all of Nick's teammates hated him and always teased him so he worked harder so they would stop
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Present-Day, Baseball field, School, Nick’s home
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Authors Craft
Long Shot is about a poor kid named Pedro who is trying to be elected school president, and to be a leader of his basketball team. He doesn’t know which one he should focus on. He decides to focus on basketball.
Plot Safe at Home is about a kid names Nick who is on the JV baseball team. When the varsity’s catcher gets hurt, he has to play for the varsity team. Many of the varsity team’s don’t like him cause he plays bad. He decides to work harder
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All-Knowing point of view
I think the theme of this book is perseverance because even though he was playing bad he kept working hard
Point of View Theme First person point of view
I think the theme of this book is courage because even though Nick could’ve stayed in JV he had the courage to move up to varsity
Bibliography
Ku, Kim. "Mike Lupica's Official Website." Kim Ku, 2008. Web. 1 Jan.
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Bibliography
"Biography of Mike Lupica." Spiritus-Temporis.com, 2005. Web. 1 Jan.