The book Heat by Mike Lupica is about two illegal Cubans who live in the Bronx in NYC.  One is named Carlos who does the jobs because he is seventeen.  The other one is Michael who is in little league and pitches for the Clippers.  Michael hit a thief in the head while the thief was stealing his neighbor’s purse.  Then he gets a junior citizen of the year.  Then Carlos gets fired and Michael gets suspended from baseball because he throws fastballs to hard.  Michael’s friend Manny gets his uncle to play as their dead father so a social worker doesn’t put them in a foster home.  Michael also loses his new friend Ellie who is El Grande’s daughter.  El Grande is the Yankees pitcher and Michael’s hero.  That is a short summery of chapters 1-25 of the book Heat by Mike Lupica.