Overview

When the Grizzlies' shortstop is sidelined two days before the playoffs, catcher Manny Griffin and second baseman Stu Fletcher decide to help his replacement, Sean, become a better player. During practice, Sean unleashes a wild throw that hits Stu! Stu is dazed, but insists that he's fine and the team needs him. But Manny notices Stu is acting a little funny and he wonders if his friend is injured. Should he tell someone and pull Stu from playing second at the playoffs ... or keep silent and hope that he's not putting his friend in danger?

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Joshua Swanson narrates...giving each character a distinctive voice. Especially convincing is the coach who, realizing he ignored important signs when Stu began to act out of character, gets a second chance to earn his players' respect. With so much concern for the lasting effects of concussions, this is a good choice for elementary school libraries. -- School Library Journal

Author Information

Matt Christopher (1917-1997) was an American author of children's books. He was a gifted athlete as a youth and became interested in writing at age fourteen, but it was 1941 before he sold his first story, The Missing Finger Points, to Detective Story magazine. His first children's book, The Lucky Baseball Bat, was published in 1954. Christopher wrote more than one hundred books as well as nearly three hundred short stories and articles published in over sixty-five magazines for children and adults. He was awarded the 1993 Milner Award and numerous writing honors from state organizations. Joshua Swanson is an actor and voiceover talent. He's worked in major motion pictures and television and as a voice talent has worked in all facets of the business. An award-winning audiobook narrator with over sixty titles to his name, Swanson has won five AudioFile Earphones Awards.

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