The hero two doors down
Steven Satlow is an eight-year-old boy living in Brooklyn, New York, which means he only cares about one thing -- the Dodgers. Steve's love for the baseball team is passed down to him from his father. The two of them spend hours reading the sports pages and listening to games on the radio. Aside from an occasional run-in with his teacher, life is pretty simple for Steve.
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Great story poorly executed. I was excited because my students read a Jackie Robinson book in tri 3 but I can only recommend this with reservations. It has a very “after school special” feel. The characters sound nothing like any person I know in their speech patterns. I will cautiously put it in my library and say, “You can enjoy reading this, but please don't write this way.”
This seems to be a theme with sports books. Every young athlete I read about (it seems) is all “Golly gee, I only want to do what is right and be friends with every single person in the world, even my enemies on the other team.”