The hero two doors down

Great story poorly executed. I was excited because my students read a Jackie Robinson book in tri 3 but I can only recommend this with reservations. It has a very “after school special” feel. The characters sound nothing like any person I know in their speech patterns. I will cautiously put it in my library and say, “You can enjoy reading this, but please don't write this way.”

This seems to be a theme with sports books. Every young athlete I read about (it seems) is all “Golly gee, I only want to do what is right and be friends with every single person in the world, even my enemies on the other team.”