Summary
Title- High Heat
Author-Carl Deuker
Genre-
Sports fiction,fiction
Plot Overview- The main character Shane Hunter goes to one of the best schools in Seattle, which is really expensive for his parents who are pretty rich. Shane and his friends Greg, and Cody are playing their first baseball game of the year. Shane's Mom and Dad are both watching Shane, when suddenly 2 men go up to Shane's father and tell him he is under arrest and Shane's Dad fight with the men who told him he was under arrest, they get him in handcuffs and then decide to tell everyone else around that they are undercover cops. The baseball game at this point is at a stop and Shane is really embaressed because everyone knows that the man in handcuffs is his Dad. After the cops leave with Shane's Dad the game starts up again and Shane's team ends up losing. Shane and his Mom start going home as they get close to their house they see alot of police cars out front their house. When they went in their
house Shane's Dad was talking to the guy that arrested him at the game, and there were alot of other cops going through all of their stuff. The cops let Shane's Dad free once they were done going through everything. Shane skips school the next day because he will be afraid that he will get made fun of because of what happened. When Shane went back to school everyone was acting really nice to him. As Shane was walking out to the baseball field for practice he sees 2 boys on his team laughing and looking at him funny. He asks them what they are laughing at and they don't say anything, so Shane decides to hit them both in the face. Shane's coach comes over and breaks up the fight and asks what the fight was about and the boys claim they wern't talking about Shane or making fun of him, they were telling jokes they claimed. Shane's coach understands why Shane did it so he doesn't get mad at him and tells him to not do it again. The next game Shane is the pitcher againest one of the worst teams in their league the Liberteries. Shane's team thought that it would be a easy win but they end up losing. Shane rode home with his Dad and neither of them said anything the
whole car ride. The next day Shane goes to school, and his father has a meeting with the police. Shane has another game today againest another bad team. Shane's coach told him that he can have another chance at pitching, Shane ends up winning the game After the game Shane realizes that neither of his parents were their to watch him which made him really sad. Shane's coach sees that he has no ride home so he tells Shane that he can give him a ride because he needs help with the gear anyway. On their way home Shane's coach tells him how good he did today which made Shane feel good. Once Shane and his coach get close enough to
his house they see a bunch of cop cars, and ambulances out front. Shane's coach parks the car and tells Shane to wait in the car until he figures out what is going on. Shane watches his coach go up to a police officer and talk to him for a little bit and then walks back and gets into the car and says your Dad is dead, he shot himself. Shane gets out of the car and runs into the house and finds his Mom. Shane and his Mom get a hotel room for the night. The next day Shane's aunt Cilla comes into town from San Fransisco. Aunt Cella tells Shane and Marian that their Dad couldn't handle what life threw at him. They all attend Shane's Dad's funeral.Shane's Mom decides to sell their house. Shane's Mom buys a new house and Shane and Marian start to make friends with the new neighbors.