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13-year-old Henry Valentine is the school's star pitcher.
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Henry was just regular boy...
Henry Valentine is thirteen years old. He's the school's star pitcher and crossing guard, is intoxicated by first love of a young girl, and all seems right with his world of 1952 racially separated East Texas.
He is confronted by an unlikely antagonist, a colored boy who challenges him in his town, bests him in a pitching duel, and fights him in the vacant lot outside of town. A wary distance becomes an unexpected friendship when they discover a common love for Texas beauty.
He is devastated when a corrupt congressman sacrifices Henry's friend to win re-election, and receives no sympathy or help from his disapproving family, church, and town.
In the end he learns the value of standing for what he believes in the face of opposition, and discovers there is nothing more powerful than a boy--or a man--who knows who he is.
"Ben and Henry, the touchstones of the story, are charismatic and nuanced individuals." - Publishers Weekly, on the Amazon Breakout Novel Award Submission
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Stars in the Texas Sky
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CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012
ISBN 10: 1477458786
ISBN 13: 9781477458785
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Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 294pp. Tight copy signed by author. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 063662