When his father dies from a heart attack, twelve and a half year old Joey tries to find ways to earn money to support the family. Along the way, he discovers the reliability of friends, the value of hard work, and necessary of finding balance in one’s life. The author did a fine job intermixing Joey’s coming of age story with baseball sayings and Jackie Robinson’s career laying baseball in Montreal.

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This is an entertaining well-written book for a young reader, and would make an excellent gift. ( )