This month, I read the book Miracle On 49th Street written by Mike Lupica. This book is a story about the main character Molly who has a natural gift for basketball, and her best friend NBA star Josh Cameron on the Boston Celtics. Molly’s mom died of cancer recently, and Molly knows something Josh doesn’t know. He is her biological father. Molly tries to convince Josh that he is her biological dad, to be with Josh and not with another family. At first, Josh couldn’t believe it. As the story progresses, Molly finds out why her mother didn’t know her father.
I personally enjoyed the book, and I would recommend it to the people who like basketball. It is really fun to read about the mystery of Molly’s family. The part that I loved is that Molly proves that even when things don’t go as planned, you can still succeed. Even I doubted Molly in the book a lot, but she made lemonade from lemons in this case. The theme of this book is great for people to learn.
In this book, my favorite character in the book was Molly, and her relationship with Josh Cameron. Throughout the entire book, Molly tries convincing Josh that he actually is her father, (he actually is,) but he tries to get his “daughter”out of his life. This relationship proves the fact that Molly is determined, “She was tired of adults telling her that things were going to get better. They had been teller her that since her mom first got sick.” This shows us how Molly never gave up even after the death of her mother.
One of my favorite quotes on the book is on page 204, “All Molly could do was try. If he still couldn’t handle the idea of being a real dad to her if her wanted her to go, well, she’d at least have given it one more shot. This quote is my favorite because the most important things she was trying to do was create a connection with her dad. This is her last hope of Josh accepting Molly as her daughter.
