In Miracle On 49th Street, a 256 page novel by Mike Lupica, a girl named Molly is living with an adopted family because her mother is dead and her father is no where to be found. However, before her mother's death, Molly learns that her father is Josh Cameron, famous point guard for the Boston Celtics. Molly decides she wants to live with him, even if he made some bad choices in his college years. But when she starts trying to bond with him, he doesn't cooperate as well as she had hoped and she has to perservere. Like some other Mike Lupica novels, this one makes you well up like a spring and ends like a firework fanfare.

Big Field, a 243 page story by Mike Lupica, was a great find for a sports stud like me. In the story, a boy named Hutch gets moved over from his favorite position, shortstop, to second because a new, better player signed up. The new second baseman, Darryl, and Hutch do not get along well and even get in a fight. To top it all off, Hutch falls into a bad hitting slump and must find a way to clear things with Darryl and go to the championships. I loved this story and any baseball player who were to read it could understand why!