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High Heat

by Carl Deuker (Goodreads Author)

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Kate J said: " I read the book High Heat by Carl Deuker. Shane Hunter is untouchable. He's the closer of his high school baseball team.(Pitcher) His father died from suicide it left Shane heartbroken. His family lost everything: their house, their money, their job I read the book High Heat by Carl Deuker. Shane Hunter is untouchable. He's the closer of his high school baseball team.(Pitcher) His father died from suicide it left Shane heartbroken. His family lost everything: their house, their money, their jobs. Then when Shane's mother got a job, that left Shane and his younger sister Marian alone. Shane goes out with a friend that he made named Lenny. They go and drink alcohol and get arrested for it. Since this was his first crime he got stuck with community service. During the season Shane hits Reese Robinson in the head with a pitch that sends him to the hospital. Shane is scared. Coach Grandison eventually convinces Shane to go out for baseball that year he ends up getting a college scholarship by winning the District Tournament for his team. This book is meant for grades 7-9.
In my book Shane says “ …there'd been three times when everybody had surrounded me on the mound, shake my hand and tell me what a fantastic job I had done. There is no better feeling in the world.”(pg”:1) I feel like this piece of textual evidence really speaks to me about my character because I play a sport where I am the pitcher and I really know what that feeling feels like. It tells me that he's dedicated to the sport because when he does something good it means something to him. When Shane's father died I feel like it propelled action by impacting his love for the game, Shane didn't want to play the next season because it reminded him of his dad. But now I think that Coach Grandison is probably representing a father figure in Shane’s life.
Overall high heat is probably one of the best books that I have read because I like that Sports, Action, genre. The ending was very common. The character has a problem or something that really impacted their life and it ends with a great resolution or you could say a happy ending. Shane's father died but that persuaded/pushed him into a college scholarship. This book was reasonably easy to read but I liked how descriptive the action scenes are. It actually lets me picture the game in my head. The author's way of writing is third person. It's like a movie where you can see what's going on but you're not actually there. You stay with Shane. There's no other characters that you can see though it's just Shane’s. I would recommend this book to any athlete that's in middle school like high schoolers can read it but it's more of like a middle school setting. ...more "

Oct 29, 2022 11:28AM · see review