BOY FROM LEFT FIELD - Softcover

HENIGHAN T.

3.09

11 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1459700600 ISBN 13: 9781459700604

Publisher: Dundurn, 2012

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When Hawk’s baseball coach tells him how Babe Ruth hit his first professional home run nearby, the question arises: what happened to the baseball?

Bullies, baseball, and kids who defy the odds. Hawk, a poor, half-Native boy who lives on the street, is eager to go back to school, to play baseball, and to please both his divorced parents. When Mr. Rizzuto, his baseball coach, tells him how the great Babe Ruth, playing on nearby Toronto Island in 1914, hit his first professional home run, the question arises: what happened to the baseball? Did it land in the waters of Lake Ontario and disintegrate over time? Or did someone fish it out?

This is the story of a quest for a lost baseball treasure, and of a boy finding his own family roots and a place in the big city. A lively tale, it shows how kids who seem powerless can work together to take on some of life’s daunting challenges as they deal with schoolroom bullies and street gangs.

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Review:

Readers will be satisfied with the interesting and inspiring story about a half-Aboriginal protagonist who forms a positive self-identity, develops his self-confidence, and gains acceptance and belonging within his community through his adventures and daily experiences.

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"a fastpaced mystery" (Resource Links)

About the Author:

Tom Henighan has published twenty books, six of which are novels for young adults, including Mercury Man, shortlisted for the Red Maple Award; Viking Quest and Viking Terror, two historical novels set in medieval Canada; and, more recently, Demon in My View and Doom Lake Holiday. He taught adult fiction for ten years at Carleton University and has appeared at various children's literature festivals, including those at Harbourfront and Eden Mills,as well as the 2011 MASC workshops in children’s writing in Ottawa, where he lives.

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