Started Reading Mike Lupica's Miracle of 49th Street
I just started reading Miracle of 49th Street today and it is not what i expected. I interpreted it to be like most sports books with a boy who is on a team and over comes an obstacle to win some special game and that is what's considered the miracle. But this started off on a completely different track right from the beginning. It starts off with a little girl named Molly narrating which you later find out is twelve years old. This is already a little different from sports books. Then the girl starts to talk about her life. She's spent her whole life wih her Mom in London. She never met her father until now when she moves to Boston. When she moves to America her mother ends up dieing of cancer. No she's put into a situation where she wants to find her real dad. Molly's mother before she died left Molly a bunch of letters to talk to her about her father.
In these letters Jen (Molly's Mother) tells Molly about an affair she had when she was back in college with a man who is now an NBA star for the Boston Celtics. This is where the sports comes in to play but still way different than what I expected for one of Lupica's books. But now Molly either has to find a way meet her biological father or be raised in a foster home without any parents. What would you do?
This seems like a really good book i might read it one day.
ReplyDeletei herd this book was really good from a freind of mine do you suggest that i read it?
ReplyDeletea very good book! i recommend it to anyone.
ReplyDeleteThis book sounds great! and I like Mike Lupica as an author too
ReplyDeleteI think Miracle of 49th Street seems to be really interesting. The whole plot line of having a long lost father from an affair is a very entertaining idea for a story. If it was me I would try to find my biological father and try to build a relationship with him. I've never read and Lupica books yet but he sounds like a great author. Anyway, nice blog.
ReplyDeleteI like how you describe the book and tell us how it differs from other sports books and and sounds like a very intersting book.
ReplyDeleteGreat blog Eddie you killed it. The description was nice and the diction was fresh.
ReplyDeletethat sounds like a good plot and like you said way differant than just regular sports books. i dont really like sports books but this story sounds interesting
ReplyDeleteI personally don't know what I would do in that situation but it does sound like an interesting book with a good plot to it.
ReplyDeleteGreat blogpost eddie, you made me want to read this book and made it sound interesting.
ReplyDeleteWOW! Nice post. You really do a great job at describing the plot of the book. It's really cool how you incoorporate your own voice into your writting. The length of your post is also neat. Its really sad how her mother dies of cancer and i do not like sad books so i probably will not read it. Either way you wrote well and it's good.
ReplyDeleteAs I read through this blog post it really helped me to understand what the book Miracle of 49th Street is all about. This post makes this book truly look amazing. Next time I am looking for a good book I will make sure to check this one out!
ReplyDeleteI like Mike Lupica's books and I have heard this one is great too. If it were me I would have to agree with everyone else and try to find my father.
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