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__Miracle on 49th Street__ Author: Mike Lupica Review written by: Doug W.

__Miracle on 49th Street__ is a great book by an elite author, Mike Lupica. This, along with the other books by Lupica, is one of my favorites. It’s hard to put down any book written by him. He uses vivid word choice, gives all of his stories a bunch of unexpected twists, and is guaranteed to always keep you on the edge of your seat. __Miracle on 49th Street__ is one of his best works, and take it from me, you won’t want to stop reading it.

A girl is living in the big city of Boston without parents. Her mom has died, and she has no idea where her dad is. In fact, she doesn’t even know who her dad is. Not having parents would be something I probably couldn’t bear. A mom that’s “in the ground” and a dad that’s nowhere to be found, to have to live under those circumstances would be a battle. I’m sure it was one for her, too. Anyway, she’s now living with close relatives, but still can’t adapt and get away from the thoughts of her mom. She expects another tear filled night when she gets a box of her mom’s old letters. She looks through each one, and then those tears start to dry up. She takes out a letter that her mom wrote to a “close friend” at college. She observes a part that said how her mom got pregnant with her, and the letter she had just finished was proof that stated her dad was in fact… a famous basketball star, Josh Cameron. Now Molly has to go on a quest to find her dad, but will she be able to? And if she does, how in the world is she going to explain to him that he has a daughter that he didn’t even know about? See, you haven’t even picked up the book and you’re already wondering what happens next. If I had to think of one word to define the characters in Lupica’s books, that word would have to be determined, especially in __Miracle on 49th Street__. Molly, the main character has more guts than a lot of people. Think about it, walking up to a big basketball superstar and saying Hey, what’s up? //Guess what, I’m your// //daughter!// And of course, Josh Cameron’s response was slamming the car door in her face. I personally would’ve thrown in the towel then and there. //If he can’t// accept //his child then fine by me.// Molly didn’t give up though. She adhered to it even though she thought Josh was stubborn. I mean, a star under the big lights, everybody saying they want to be like him, basically immortalizing him. Nevertheless, when it came down to a girl coming up to their “father”, he just went away. Molly then thought she found out who the real Josh Cameron was. She thought he was just a cocky jock. Of course, though, you never know. Maybe Josh’s attitude started to change. Could he and Molly draw closer? Will the great Josh Cameron give Molly the best Christmas gift she could get. There’s only one way to find out, and you know what that is. The supporting roles consisted of Molly’s best friend, who backed Molly up 100%. Then there’s Kira also. She really never grew to think of Molly very highly, yet played a very important part in the story.

Unfortunately, I’ve already said too much. I asked you a boatload of questions, and we all see that there’s only two ways to find out. One would be to question me, but I’m not telling you anything else. Therefore, it looks like your going to have to do choice #2. Read this suspenseful, entertaining book. And trust me, you won’t regret it.