2009 HEAT by Mike Lupica

1. What happened to Michael's dad?

2. What secret are Michael and Carlos keeping?

3. Why is it so important and difficult to get hold of Michael's birth certificate?

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

1) Micheal's dad died in May.

2) The secret that Micheal and Carlos are keeping is that Carlos is to young to be taking care of a kid like Micheal so they are saying that their dad is in Florida taking care of the sick (not real) uncle.

3) It is important they get hold of his birth certificate because Micheal is the star pitcher on his baseball team the Clippers and they are starting play-offs. But some of the other coaches think he is lying about his age because he didnt register with his certifercate. It is difficult because their dad is dead and they do not know who to contact.

Anonymous said...

It is taking a while to publish the comments! I responded like two weeks ago and it is still not published.

Anonymous said...

1) He died and left behind two children named Michael and Carlos.

2) The secret that Michael and Carlos are keeping is that their dad died and Carlos is trying to earn money and take care of him and his younger brother, Michael, even though he is not eighteen yet and is nkot legally living with his brother. Therefore, they have to lie to not get in trouble. They are tellling people that their dad is away at Florida and is helping to take care of a sick uncle, who does not really exist.

3) It is so important for Michael to get hold of his birth certificate because he wants to be able to be included in the play-offs. Some of the coaches and other players from other teams are also accusing him of not being the age he supposedly is saying that he is because he is a really good player, too good. it is so difficult for him to locate the certificate of birth because their dad is dead and they are not aware of any relatives who would have it and doesn't help that they are originally from a different country.

Anonymous said...

1) Michael's Dad had died of a stab wound he had received earlier that year in May while trying to help a woman he saw in a fight.

2) The secret that Michael and Carlos are keeping is that their father is dead and they are both under the age of 18 and they do not have any legal guardian.

3) It is important to get hold of Michael's birth certificate because he wants to be able to play at the little league play-offs. It is difficult to get hold of because they have trouble making contact with Father Montoyas, their old
pastor who has the birth certificate information.