For most boys in a small Mississippi town, the biggest concern one hot summer is whether their annual July 4th baseball game will be cancelled due to their county's anniversary pageant, but after the death of the old man to whom twelve-year-old star pitcher House Jackson has been secretly reading for a year, House uncovers secrets about the man and the history of baseball in Aurora County that could fix everything.
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* "A poignant and humorous coming-of-age story."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"A slow-simmering stew of friendship and betrayal, family love and loyalty, and finding oneself."--SLJ
* "A home run for Wiles."--Publishers Weekly, starred review
A Junior Library Guild Selection New York Public Library's One Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing
DEBORAH WILES is the author of Each Little Bird That Sings, a National Book Award finalist and winner of the E. B. White Read Aloud Award for Older Readers, and Love, Ruby Lavender, an ALA Notable Children's Book, a Children's Book Sense 76 Pick, and a New York Public Library Book for Reading and Sharing. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
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