One-Handed Catch

My seventh Bluebonnet and my seventh book of realistic fiction, with sad, sad characters living sad, sad lives. I thought Bluebonnets were supposed to be a nice cross-section of genres....

One-Handed Catch is my favorite Bluebonnet, nevertheless. Norm wants to be either an artist or a baseball player, but his hopes are dashed when he cuts off his hand in a meat-grinder accident. Norm's mother doesn't let his handicap serve as a crutch, however, and Norm learns to do everything he once did easily with two hands using his one hand.

Norm struggled not only with relearning tasks, but he also had to deal with people's stares and rude comments. I liked Norm's gumption. A good story.