[LM_NET] BOOK: Miracle on 49th Street by Lupica

[Frederick Muller <mullinator52@GMAIL.COM>]

Lupica, Mike. Miracle on 49th Street. Philomel Books, 2006 [0-399-24488-3]
After Molly's mother dies of cancer she finds out that her father is a
famous Boston Celtics basketball player.  He does not know that Molly exists
until one day she figures out a sneaky way to meet him alone and tell him.
At first he doesn't believe her but after reading a letter her mother wrote
he begins to face the possibility that it might be true.  Unfortunately, the
jeopardizes his endorsement contracts because he is billed at one of few
"clean cut" athletes.  He wants they to get genetic testing but she refuses
saying that she wants he to want her for who she is, not just because of a
DNA test.  At the end of the story, the reader is flipped back and forth,
sure of how the story will end.  This 246 page book wraps up nicely on
Christmas Eve, the night Molly must decide who she will live with.

-- 
Frederick Muller
Halsted Middle School Library
Newton, NJ
My book reviews are compiled at http://www.mullersreviews.com
My book review blog is at http://MullerInTheMiddle.blogspot.com

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