Last Days of Summer

Last Days of Summer

1998 • 353 pages

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Average rating3.9

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Through letters, notes, report cards, matchbook covers, and telegrams, a novel set in the 1940s follows the sometimes underhanded efforts of a fatherless twelve-year-old to persuade New York Giants third baseman Charlie Banks to be his role model

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Gotta love Joey Margolis. He writes letters to his baseball heroes, spouting atrocious lies in a desperate attempt to go on the road with these guys. And somehow it works for him.

In a totally different way than Crossed Wires, this is a nice summer read.

July 1, 2009