library_brandy's review against another edition
Once again, Scaletta has written a book that makes me give a damn about baseball.
That said, I liked the current story better--the girl struggling for her family to understand and respect her environmentalist ways, her desire for a pollinator garden, even though her dad works for one of those companies that makes terrible pesticides. Her story is balanced by the story of kids growing up in the Dominican Republic, dreaming of a future playing professional baseball.
It's not about sports. It's not about family struggles. It's about kids who want their lives to have meaning, to make their lives count for something. It's about kids growing up with unfairness and working within those confines to make something fair. It gives kids the credit they deserve for being people, with thoughts and brains and desires, not just goofy smiles and catch phrases.
Copy provided via Netgalley.
That said, I liked the current story better--the girl struggling for her family to understand and respect her environmentalist ways, her desire for a pollinator garden, even though her dad works for one of those companies that makes terrible pesticides. Her story is balanced by the story of kids growing up in the Dominican Republic, dreaming of a future playing professional baseball.
It's not about sports. It's not about family struggles. It's about kids who want their lives to have meaning, to make their lives count for something. It's about kids growing up with unfairness and working within those confines to make something fair. It gives kids the credit they deserve for being people, with thoughts and brains and desires, not just goofy smiles and catch phrases.
Copy provided via Netgalley.
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