Gene FehlerReseñas

First, I LOVE baseball and actually read this on the way home from a Seattle Mariner game, so this book was right up my alley, topic-wise! That being said, I thought it was only okay. The book uses free-verse poems from 20+ perspectives in order to tell the story of a baseball tragedy. Luke "the Wizard" is destined to become a sports hero; he's the stuff that sports legends are made of! That is, until he's hit in the face by an opposing team, losing his eyesight in one eye. The book has several parts, from pre-game, to the incident, to the aftermath.

Because it's told from SO MANY perspectives, it might be hard to follow. I'm not sure if the free verse adds much in the sense of style, mood, readability, etc. The plot was intense, but a bit predictable. It would be a good book for someone interested in sports, and it would be easier to keep all of the characters straight if the reader knows enough about baseball; it helps to think of positions and keep narrators organized that way instead of names. For example, one character is name Dawson and one is Dawkins. I kept getting confused at first, but then I decided to use their team/position to help me differentiate them as I read.

Luke Wallace suffers a major injury. The novel uncovers how he heals and how it affects the people around him. Luke Wallace is inured playing his favorite sport. Kyle Dawkins was responsible for Luke's injury. Andy Keller is conflicted because he is starting now. Overall I think this book was in the middle. It was alright because it was Baseball. I didn't like it because there is to many characters. I dis liked it because this happen to a MLB player. The book was OK but there wasn't that much Baseball action so I don't recommended it.

Luke Wallace suffers an injury. The novel uncovers how he heals and how it affects the people around him. Luke Wallace in injured playing his favorites sport. Kyle Dawkins was responsible for Luke's injury and ultimately quits the team due to guilt. Andy Keller is conflicted because he gets moved to the starting line up at the expense of his friend. overall I thought book was not good I don't like the way it ends. It was not fun to read and I find it sick because of Melody. I am not sure if I would recommend this book for other students or not.

Luke Wallace gets hit in the faces while playing baseball and suffers an injury/ how does this affect him and the people around him. Kyle Dawkins, is the one that hits him with the ball while playing the game it was a mistake and he didn't mean to hit him then he has to deal with everything thoughts about him and feels so bad, Andy Keller is Luke's best friend and sees everything he goes without his best friend for a long time, over I think the book was OK it was hard to understand with all the people but I like the way it was set up,2 things I liked was how it was set up and and how it stayed on one thing most of the time, 1 thing i disliked was there was two many people to keep trake of.

Luke Wallace is a baseball player who lost his left eye this book tells us that injury help be strong and he got hurt on page number 20. and at last few pages he comes back home and he loves baseball Kyle Dawkins is responsible for Luke's injury Andy Keller is Luke's best friend Love this book because it tells us how we can be careful for any other sports and we can be careful.½

Luke Wallace loses his vision in his left eye. luke gets hit in the head during baseball. kyle Dawkins turns in his uniform because he hit luke in the head and caused him to go to the hospital. andy Keller visits luke in the hospital every day. overall I liked the book but not the concept of the book because. I don't like sports, it's long, and it's boring because it's a book about an injury. overall I hate this book but thats just an opinion, so if you like sports this is the book for you.½

luke wallace gets hit in the head with a baseball and he is injured really bad. Kyle was responsible for lukes injury and quits the team. Andy he was a bench player then he gets moved to the starting line up to treed base. over all thought that the book was ok but is was not that good. i did not like the way the it was written out. and it was not very interesting. i did not like it because i dont play baseball. i dont recommend because it was very easy to read.½

Main idea of the book- Luke gets hit in the eye and now the rest of the book is about Luke. Summary- The two rivals play each other! who will win? When the other team hits Luke the whole crowd gasp! Read the book to find out what happens. Out of 5 stars i give this book a 0 stars because it was horribly. I didn't like the book because too many people in the book, was not in chapter form, and It was about baseball because baseball is boring. I do not recommend this book because too many people and a weird format.

Luke Wallace suffers an injury at the beginning of the novel. The rest books explores how Luke and the others deal with.
First, Luke is hit by a baseball, and get rushed to the hospital by the ball. Then, Kyle Dawkins feels bad for what he have done to Luke Wallace, and he feels that he could done better. Last, Andy Keller gets the opportunity to start at third place as a result of Luke's injury. Overall I do like this book a lot. First, I like how it tells the characters feelings about Luke being in the hospital for getting hit by the baseball ball. Last, I like how it's give us more details what's is happening in the book.

In this story Luke Wallace gets a injury in the first part of the book. In the rest of the novel it shows how other people deal with his injury. In the beginning Luke gets hit with a baseball and rushed to the hospital. Kyle Dawkins works through the guilt of causing such a injury. Overall I liked this book because it was about sports. I recommend this book for readers who are in middle school or older.

Luke Wallace suffers an injury at the beginning of the novel.The rest of the book is how Luke is cope with injury.First Luke is hit with a baseball and rush to the hospital.Second Kyle Dawkins works through the guilt of causing such a major injury.Last Any Keller get the opportunity to start at third as result of Luke injury.I did not like the book overall.The book was just about Luke maybe more about other people.The book should have more schools.I Do not recommend this book because the book was dry and boring.

oak grove played their rival and Luke Wallace suffered a major injury.
Andy keler gets a chance to start at 3rd base because of lukes injury.
kyle the guy who hurt luck had to deal with all of the guilt of what happend to Luke.
the main idea was Luke got hurt playing baseball and how everyone dealed with his injury,.
i did like this book lots of it was about what could happen playing baseball and all the info was very good.
i liked it because i play baseball and like its showing what could happen to somebody.
i recemend this book for people that like sports and what can happen and how people act around things like this

Main idea of the book- Luke Wallace suffers an injury at the beginning of the novel. The rest of the book explores how Luke and other characters deal with it.
First Luke is hit with a baseball and rushed to the hospital
Kyle Dawkins works through the guilt of causing the major injury.
Andy Keller gets the opportunity to start at third as a result of Luke's injury.
I loved this book overall because it was very interesting and great detail.
I liked this book because it had very descriptive wording and how they fell about what happened.
I disliked the parts where there was cussing because there is really no need for the cussing.
I liked how Luke was still a positive sport even when he was still hurting and going through all the pain.
I recommend this book for the people who love cliffhangers if your reading for class or for any type of school work.

Luke Wallace suffers an injury at the beginning of the book. The rest of the book shows how he and the people around him deal with it. Luke Wallace gets hit in the face with a baseball. Luke is in the hospital and he has to learn to deal with his blindness from the ball hitting him. Luke and a girl named Sarah Edgerton become really good friends and it slowly turns into a relationship. I didn't hate the book but I didn't love it either so I think it was OK. The book is not very long. So if you don't like reading but have to for school I would suggest you read this book. There are a lot of characters in the book which makes it very confusing when you have to remember all the names. For me I think that I would or would not recommend this book depending on who it is and what the situation is.

Luke Wallace suffers an injury at the being of the book. The rest of it explores how Luke and others deal with it. First, Luke Wallace gets a Mayer injury by a baseball and gets rushed to the hospital. Kyle Dawkins works throw the guilt of the accidentally hurting Luke. Andy Keller is a good friends of Luke injury, he gets to start at third base man and thanks to Luke for all he has done. I loved this book! When are teacher said it was about baseball and a injury. I liked it from the start because I like sports and the book shows how the main character deals with it and with the others to. I recommend this book for everyone because it shows how the characters deal with this life chaining a event.

Luke Wallace suffers from a injury at the beginning of the novle. The rest of the book explores how Luke and the other characters deal with it.
Luke gets hit in the face with a baseball.
Kyle Dawkins is th one who hit him in the face on accident and he feels bad for it.
Andy Keller is Lukes best friend and is their for him through everything.
Overall i didnt like this book at all.
I didnt like it because of the sports.
I also didnt like this book because it was to easy to read.
I dont recomend this book because its boring.

Luke Wallace suffers an injury at the beginning of the novel. the rest of the book explores how Luke and the other characters deal with it. Luke Wallace gets hits in the head with a bean ball and goes to the hospital. Kyle Dawkins works through the guilt of causing such a major injury. Andy Keller gets the opportunity to start at third as a result of Luke's injury. i kind of liked the book. I liked the book a little bit because i do not really like sports books and it was a little confusing at the beginning, but overall I do recommend this book if you like sports books.

It was a heart felt story with a lot of action. I like baseball and it was a decent book how other players and fans show respect and caringness toward other people on their team or the other team, Its a good overall book and I recommend it.½

Luke gets hit by a ball Kyle feels the guilt of causing a bad injury Andy is a good friend of Luke overall i thought the book was an average book i liked the book because it was kinda interesting i disliked it because it was kinda like a average book i recommend this book because its kinda interesting

In the book Beanball, Luke Wallace suffers an injury at the beginning of the book. Then, they talk about how they deal with it. In the beginning, Luke Wallace gets hit with a baseball in the head. Then, he is rushed to the hospital, afterward, Kyle Dawkins works thought the guilt of causing the injury. Andy Keller gets the opportunity to start at 3rd as a result of Luke's injury. I did like the book because there were lots of characters and you could see all the different views points of how Luke's injury impacted people in different ways. I do recommend the book to a sports lover and most of all a baseball player.

Luke Wallace suffers an injury at the beginning of the novel. The rest of the book explores how Luke and other characters deal with it. When Luke Wallace gets hit with a baseball he end up in the hospitable, Andy is his best friend and he has to deals with Luke's major injury. Kyle is the one responsible for hitting Luke in the head with a base ball and now he has to figure out how he is going to deal with the major injury that he gave Luke Wallace. I feel like the book was ok. I liked it because it was really suspenseful. I liked the book because there was always something going on I disliked it because im not a fan of books about sports. I recommend this book because its really suspenseful.

this was not a good book. it was not attaching or a good story. i go very bored very fast and i still read the whole thing. i do not recommend. if you like baseball then you might like. but i like baseball and it still wasn't good. the main idea is that the main character got hurt by a baseball and gets sent to the hospital. and the other characters have to learn to deal with him being gone.

From April 2012 SLJ
Gr 6–10—This hi/lo series focuses on individual members of an elite travel team of 17-and-under baseball players from Las Vegas. In Forced Out, Zack's team gets the funding to play in a New York tournament that will have a lot of major-league-scout representation. However, when a new kid who's mediocre at best—but whose father is a multimillionaire—suddenly joins the team, Zack realizes that the coach might have compromised his standards for the travel money that Dustin's dad is promising. How can Zack support his coach and still be a good friend to the catcher, who is being forced out of his position by Dustin? In Power Hitter, Sammy Perez is one of the team's best hitters. When Coach signs the team up for a wooden-bat tournament, Sammy believes he will never be noticed by an MLB scout—his hits just are not as dramatic with wood—and he sees his dreams of supporting his family slipping away. His father tells him of a performance-enhancing drug that doesn't show up on tests, and Sammy is tempted to try them for that extra edge. Shortstop Trip Costas takes center stage in Out of Control. His father has lived out his baseball dreams through his sons, but Trip is tired of his father directing his life and wants to take a break. Only the wisdom of Coach Harris and others allows him to separate his frustration with his father from his feelings for the game. These authors pack a lot of drama and sports action into about 100 pages. The characters might be just a little too good to be true, but the tone is not didactic, and students will appreciate the real-life issues and ethical dilemmas that the players face.—

As the title suggests, this is a collection of baseball themed poems for children. The bright and happy illustrations enhance the poetry which can be read nostalgically by old-timers and with imagination by the young. With poetry, memorable tales of last-out-of-the-game, the baseball-lost-in-the-mean-neighbor's-yard, and surprise talent abound. Its a fun book that could inspire would be jocks to become would be poets.

A great book for sharing poetry with the class; particularly reluctant boys who aren't so sure about poetry.

It's realistic, you can put yourself in the kids' spot. It's just like kids in our school. It has some crazy twists.
4Q, 4P
This book is best suited for middle and highschoolers.
It was selected due to an interest in baseball.
Grade (of reviewer): 11th
(AK-AHS-NC)