Author(s): Audrey Vernick
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 250
Publisher: CLARION BOOKS
Language: English
Date Published: 2014-03-04
Dimensions: 148 x 216 x 24mm
Publication City/Country: United States
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Twelve-year-old Casey Snowden knows everything about being an umpire. His dad and grandfather run a New Jersey umpire school, Behind the Plate, and Casey lives and breathes baseball. Casey's dream, however, is to be a reporter--objective, impartial, and fair, just like an ump. But when he stumbles upon a sensational story involving a former major league player in exile, he finds that the ethics of publishing it are cloudy at best. This emotionally charged coming-of-age novel about baseball, divorce, friendship, love, and compassion challenges its readers to consider all the angles before calling that strike.