Big+Field+book+review

//The Big Field//

//Mike Lupica//

//copyright 2008//

//pages 243//

//Book Level 5.3//

//Points 8//

__//**Character Analysis**//__ //The Main character in this story is named Hutch Hutchinson. He has a mom and a dad but his dad doesn't really care about him. Hutch loves to play baseball. His dad used to play a league under the major league. He was one of the best players and almost made it to the major league. Hutch's best friend is named Cody. Cody is the catcher for Hutch's baseball team. "Keith Hutchinson, known to his friends as Hutch,had always thought of himself as the captain any infield he'd ever been a part of, all the way back Little League."//

//**__Setting Analysis__**// //Hutch and his family live in Palm Beach County, in Florida. Cody live close to Hutch. He lived on the corner of Seacrest which was not even a 5 minute walk away from Hutch's house. Cody had just moved from Pensacola county to Palm Beach county. "Hutch and his mom and dad lived here on a Gateway, in a house faded to the color of lemon-lime Gatorade that his parents talked about painting every year and yet never did."//

//**__Problem Analysis__**// //This story has only a couple problems but the main problem is this kid named Darryl. He keeps messing with Hutch. Darryl is upset because Hutch becomes the team captain. Darryl was a shortstop just like Hutch, but Hutch took his spot. Darryl keeps trying to hurt him so he can take shortstop. On one play Darryl was going to catch the ball but Hutch came over and they collided and Hutch caught it. Then one day before a game Hutch came with Cody and saw his own dad who would not even play catch with Hutch, was hitting baseballs to Darryl. Then one game Hutch got so made at Darryl he punched him and Hutch got suspended from the semi-final game.//

//__**Recommendation**__// //This book is a realistic Fiction. I would recommend this book for grade 5-7. I would recommend this book to people who like baseball stories.//