FICTION

Home Run

by Tim GREEN
352p. (Baseball Great: Bk. 4). ebook available. HarperCollins/HarperCollins Children's. Mar. 2016. Tr $16.99. ISBN 9780062317117.
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Gr 5–8—Josh's world has been turned upside down. After one of his baseball games, Josh's father announces that he has quit coaching the team and will be moving to Florida for his job. The absence of his father forces Josh and the rest of his family to move into a run down apartment that's a far cry from the house he grew up in. At the suggestion of his best friends, Josh enters a local home run derby where the winner gets a new house. Fans of Green's previous works will recognize his familiar yet appealing story of family issues and edge of your seat sports thrills. Young readers coming on board for the first time will have no issues following the story as it stands on its own. In all, a rousing yet heartwarming story.
Only die-hard Green fans will slog their way through this installment. The characters' repetitive squabbling is tiresome, there's precious little baseball writing, and Green's attempts at humor revolve around overeating and immoderate braggadocio. Unresolved plot points, such as the mysterious military history of the protagonist's new coach, serve mostly as indications that Green isn't finished writing this series.
Reviewed by Staff , Feb 01, 2016

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