Hight Heat By: Carl Deuker

      My favorite book I have read this year is High Heat by Carl Deuker, the genre of this book is Realistic Fiction. The main character in this book is Shane.   Shane has gone through tons of tragedy in the last year, more then most teenagers do. These being the suicide of his father and the caused injury of a fellow player. The caused injury was when he was pitching he purposely hit another player in the head with his hardest fastball. This destroyed the other player Reese's career. Even though the pitch was purposeful it still left Shane startled. He didn't want to ruin Reese's career. In my book Shane battles back and trains almost every day. When the season starts Shane is catching fire on the mound. Having no losses going into game 9 of the season with maybe 1-2 runs allowed. Shane even got a scouts attention and was offered a scholarship to play baseball at the University of Portland. Not Shane's dream college but comparing a D1 scholarship to not even playing a sport in college, it's a dream come true. Shane has not been given the scholarship yet though. He has to earn it while the scout is watching because the coach doesn't believe he has enough stability and mental control to play. When the scout comes to the game though Shane struggles. Losing the game and maybe even the scout. Shane has to pitch lights out for the scout to offer him a scholarship. Will Shane get the scholarship, or will he lose his chance? Read this book to find out.

        I would recommend this book to anyone who has read a Mike Lupica book or anyone who likes sports. This book is a really great book for readers of the Middle School age It has many great lessons in it about overcoming and fighting back. This book really hooks you because you just want to know what Shane is going to do next. You just want to see him succeed. In my opinion this book is one of the best books I read in a while. I really liked the plot and story line. The book really touches you. So go get your self a copy of this book from your local library and read right into it.

By: Tyler Davis
Spicer Pd 5/6