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Even though he is the best pitcher on the team, young Danny's mother wants him to miss the season opener, which is scheduled on the same day as Passover, and Danny finds an example in baseball legend Sandy Koufax, who faced similiar decisions.
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Steven Schnur is the award-winning author of numerous books for adults and children including Daddys Home, The Shadow Children, Beyond Providence, and Night Lights. He teaches at Sarah Lawrence College.
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Grade 4-6. Left-handed pitcher Sandy Koufax is a baseball legend partly because of his blazing fastball and pinpoint accuracy and partly because he refused to pitch in a World Series game that was scheduled on Yom Kippur. In this involving sports story, fifth-grader Danny, too, is a left-handed pitcher with a good fastball, and he knows all about Koufax. But that doesn't help him with his dilemma when his team's opening game coincides with the first night of Passover. Danny's parents are divorced, and his mother insists that he attend a family seder, which he strongly resists. In resolving the conflict, Danny relies less on Koufax's model than on the unusually understanding adults in his life. After missing the game, the boy goes on to become a star pitcher who eventually helps his team win the league's championship game. Schnur avoids other possible conflicts, and his adult characters are probably more empathetic and supportive than those in the lives of many readers, but Danny is a winning character who is appealing, even in his childish obstinacy. In addition, the baseball action should satisfy fans of the game.?Jack Forman, Mesa College Library, San Diego
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- PublisherWilliam Morrow & Co
- Publication date1997
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- ISBN 13 9780688142216
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- Number of pages189
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