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"In my work
with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America I see all kinds of challenges
facing kids today, and this book does a very good job of treating gifted
kids and teenagers with sensitivity and understanding in coping with
and meeting these challenges." --Alex Rodriguez, New
York Yankees
Seventeen-year-old Mickey Tussler is recruited
to play for a minor league affiliate of the Boston Braves in the
1940s. Arthur Murphy, a scout and coach for the minor league Milwaukee
Brewers, swears that Mickey is a phenom- one who has the greatest arm Murph
has ever seen, that anybody has ever seen. And it might be true. But Mickey
is also autistic, before autism was given a name, and his Aspergers keeps
him sealed off from a world he scarcely understands. But Arthur wants to
take the chance. The minor league Brewers have had one of the worst records
in baseball history, and he needs to do something to shake the team up.
But can Mickey survive? Tormented by the memories of an abusive father
and heckled by fans and teammates alike, the odds are stacked against him.
But his inimitable talent -- one of the most gifted arms in the history
of baseball - just might give him a chance. Can he survive a real life
dream? Or are the harsh realities of life too much for him? This is the
powerful underdog story of how a young man with an extraordinary gift comes
of age in a harsh and competitive world that may not be ready for him.
Echoes From The Infantry
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Echoes from the Infantry is the tale of one Long
Island World War II veteran, the misery of combat, and the powerful
emotional bonds that brought him home.It is about a father and
a son, and their ultimately redeeming struggle to understand each
other's worlds - one a world at war, the other a world shaped by its
veterans .
All James McCleary wants to do is forget the horrors
of the battlefield. All his son John wants is to know his father.
But memory is unforgiving, and James remains locked
inside his own mind, unable to embrace his wife and children as
he would like to. Meanwhile John wrestles with troubling recollections
of life with this enigmatic man he calls his father.
Now the death of John's mother draws the men together
for a final showdown. As he sifts through family artifacts in his parent's
attic, the disgruntled son gets a glimpse of the eternally frozen battlefields
that left his father scarred,and of the quiet, secret love that sustained
him across the wasted expanse of wartime Europe.
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