HEAT Hardcover

Mike Lupica's "Heat" is a compelling young adult novel about Michael Arroyo, a twelve-year-old Cuban immigrant with an incredible pitching arm, who dreams of leading his Little League team to the World Series. However, Michael carries a heavy secret: he and his seventeen-year-old brother, Carlos, are orphaned and living alone in the Bronx, desperate to avoid being separated by social services. When accusations about his age threaten to derail his baseball dreams and expose their precarious situation, Michael must fight to keep his family together, learning that sometimes the strongest bonds are found in unexpected places.