Hardcover: $17.99.
ISBN: 978-0545-32069-6
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Peter Friedman begins his Freshman year in a kind of nightmare. Having torn out his elbow in a baseball game, he has been told he will never pitch again. On top of that, his grandfather has been acting more and more strange. As Peter struggles to figure out what is going on with his Grandfather, and adjust to high school, he finds his own way into the world with photography.Book Talk:
Peter Friedman is the star of the baseball team. He lives, eats, and breathes baseball. His world unexpectedly falls apart when he tears up his elbow pitching during a game.
When he is told that he will never be able to pitch again, Peter begins to despair. How is he going to function in high school when he can no longer play baseball and will never be the star of the baseball team?
His OTHER lifelong hobby - photography - comes to save the day. Peter and his Grandfather have been taking pictures together his entire life. Where Peter loved baseball, his Grandfather loved photography.
When he enters his photography class on the first day of school, he finds that not only is he in class with possibly the cutest freshman in the world, he is thrown for a bit of a spin when they are assigned to work together. And then, when he finds out that they are assigned to work together on assignments for the yearbook, Peter is... stunned.
There is one other fly in the ointment. Peter's Grandfather has been acting different. Forgetting things. Losing himself in time and place. When he mentions this to his mother, she refuses to believe him. But, every time he sees his grandfather, Peter realizes that they've lost a little more of him.
WILL Peter's life ever come back together? Will he get the girl? (and keep her) Will he ever tell his best friend that he can't ever play baseball again? Is something seriously wrong with Peter's grandfather?
Find out in Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip.
Reviewers Note:
Jordan Sonnenblick is one of my favorite YA authors. Once again, he hits a home run, tackling a difficult subject with love and compassion. Watching someone you love, who is your hero, go through the beginning stages of Alzheimer's Disease is frightening. When you read of Peter's struggles to figure out what is going on with his grandfather, and feel the underlying love of Peter and his Grandpa... he takes a subject that can be difficult to deal with and puts it into words and phrases that we can all understand and relate to. I highly recommend this book to everyone. Mr. Sonnenblick did an awesome job of capturing the uncertainty that accompanies the beginning stages of Alzheimer's Disease.
Author's Web Page:
http://www.jordansonnenblick.com/
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