Baseball mania! Everything from Ole Miss and Southern playing in regional finals to our Little League parks filled with eager youngsters and cheering family members.
So here is a great read recommended by someone who grew up cheering for the Brooklyn Dodgers. It is the Brooklyn Nine, Alan Gratz’ third novel for young readers and a great read for baseball fans of all ages. It is a story in “nine innings” full of engaging characters and an amazing depth of historical data.
Beginning in 1845, Felix Schneider, a ten-year-old immigrant from Germany, cheers for the New York Knickerbockers. The book then goes on to span nine generations of the same family as baseball emerges as a national pastime.
The final inning takes place in 2002 as Snider Flint tracks down the strange story of a bat that belonged to one of Brooklyn’s greatest players.
In between is quite a wonderful read, full of great baseball and a slice of American history, as well.
-Yvonne
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