HEROBy: Mike Lupica

Mike McCabeReading-Miss RochePeriod 54/8/12

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Mike Lupica was born on May 11, 1952 in Oneida, New York. His young life was not very exciting even though it had its ups and downs. Mike started his career as a sports columnist at age 23, for the New York Post covering the New York Knicks. He was New Yorks youngest news reporter. Mike has written about 16 books and has co-written about 5. Almost all of his books have reached the New York Times Best seller list. Columnist and author is not enough for Mike he also is a co-host for ESPN and has his own show called the Mike Lupica Show on ESPN 2. He now lives in New Canaan, Connecticut with his wife, 3 sons, and a daughter.

Biography

SummaryMy book HERO starts out with Zach Harriman’s dad tom Harriman about to break into the “Bads” secret building. He captures the leader and escapes to his plane. After that Zach is walking home from school in New York City when he gets this tingling feeling. When he gets home he sees everyone crying and knows his dad has died. They tell him he died in a accidental plane crash but Zach knows it was on accident. The story continues with Zach going back to school and he gets bullied by someone named Spencer. Once while he was getting bullied he did something he has never done before, fight back. A few days later Zach and his best friend Kate are going to a Celtics game when Zach decides he is going to the crash site while Kate stays he goes to the crash site 3 hours by bus and there he sees the crash he is about to leave when an old man named Mr. Herbert comes and starts talking to Zach. When Zach starts running after him he ends up at the Celtics stadium. Several things start happening to Zach such as fighting adults, seeing the old man and getting that strange feeling. As the story continues he gets suspicions about Mr. Herbert and a very close family friend he calls Uncle John that one of them had something to do with his dad’s death . Does Zach find out who killed his dad and does he get powers? Read the book to find out.

Characters•Main CharactersZach Harriman- 14 years old , swift, agile, not to smart, small, Kate’s best friend, son to Tom and Elizabeth Harriman, is the one who receives his dad’s powers.Mr. Herbert- Surprises Zach at the crash site, mysterious man who keeps showing up in Zach’s life, Uncle John’s enemy, Zach’s unknown grandpa.Kate- Tall, smart, kind, helpful, best friend to Zach, daughter to Alba.Uncle John- Zach’s family lawyer, Tom’s old best friend, very close family friend.•Supporting CharactersTom Harriman- Zach’s dad, worked for president, John’s old best friend, had special powers.Elizabeth Harriman- Zach’s mom, and Senator Kerrigan’s campaign leader.Senator Kerrigan- family friend, New York’s senator, and is running for president.Alba- The Harriman’s house keeper and mother of KateSpencer- A school bully that enjoys picking on Zach especially.

Plot DiagramIntroduction

Tom Harriman fights the “Bads” and captures their leader Zach comes home and finds out his dad has died When he was supposed to go to a Celtics game with Kate he goes to the crash site of his dad.

Rising Action That is were Zach meets Mr. Herbert and is told about his powers. Zach runs after Mr. Herbert but finds himself back at the Celtics stadium.Zach stands up for himself and that makes Spencer bully him lessMr. Herbert keeps appearing and has his men train ZachZach’s mom is with Zach less because she is helping with Senator Kerrigan’s campaign Zach is told by a voice in his head to look up and sees a sniper about to shoot Senator Kerrigan

Plot Diagram(continued)

ClimaxZach pushes Senator Kerrigan out of the way of the bullet and Mr. Herbert appears out of no where and pushes Zach out of the way of another bullet.

Falling ActionMr. Herbert tells Zach that he is his grandfather Zach confronts Uncle John for killing his dad

ConclusionZach is thanked very sincerely for saving Senator Kerrigan’s lifeZach decides he is going to chase the “Bads”

Falling ActionMr. Herbert tells Zach that he is his grandfather Zach confronts Uncle John for killing his dad

DefinitionsThug – N. A cruel or vicious ruffian, robber, or murder.There were four thugs in front of the house with their rifles and their night-vision goggles Pg. #1

Slaughtered – N. the brutal or violent killing of a person.He was known to governments around the world and decent people everywhere as Vlad the Bad because of all the innocent people he’d slaughtered when he was in power, before he was on the run. Pg. #3

Splayed – V. to spread out, expand, or extend.It was over quickly, the four of them laid out in the snow, arms splayed like snow angels. Pg. #6

Kevlar – N. A brand of aramid fiber. I pulled him in front of me, like one of those Kevlar vests you see on cop shows. Pg. #8

Shimmying – N. excessive wobbling in the front wheels of a motor vehicle. The plane was already bumping down the runway, shimmying on the ice and snow. Pg. #11

ActorsZach Harriman played by:

Colin Ford

Kate Played By:

Elle Fanning

Actors (continued)

Mr. Herbert played by:

Morgan Freeman

Uncle John played by:

Ben Stiller

Actors (continued)

Tom Harriman played by:

Nicolas Cage

Elizabeth Harriman played by:

Megan Fox

Actors (continued)

Senator Kerrigan played by:

George Clooney

Alba played by:

Betty White

Spencer played by:

Leonardo DiCaprio

Song

If I were to make a movie the song I would choose is Heaven got Another Angel by Gorden Garner. This song would be good for when Zach finds out his dad died in a plane crash.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppGPzQOnrpY

RatingMy rating for this book is:

4 and a half stars

I rated Hero 4 and a half stars because it was a great book. It had lots of action and was very intense. This is the types of books that I enjoy and I think many others would too.