Stumptown Kid - Softcover

Gorman, Carol; Findley, Ron J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1561454125 ISBN 13: 9781561454129

Publisher: Peachtree, 2007

Synopsis

Twelve-year-old Charlie Nebraska wants two things he can’t get: to make the local baseball team and to have life to return to the way it was before his father died two years earlier in the Korean War.
When Charlie meets Luther Peale, a stranger who quietly and mysteriously arrives in Charlie’s small Iowa town, and sets up camp near the river, the two strike up a friendship. Luther is a former Negro Baseball League player, and he agrees to coach Charlie’s fledgling neighborhood baseball team.
But many of the town’s white residents are suspicious of Luther because of his skin color. And when Charlie inadvertently reveals a secret of Luther’s, violence erupts in the town and both Luther and Charlie are drawn into serious danger.
Authors Carol Gorman and Ron J. Findley have created two highly memorable, emotionally complex characters in this dramatic story set in the days of the Negro Leagues that illustrates the meanings of friendship, prejudice, and heroism.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Written in 1946 as Truman Capote's gift for his aunt, Marie Rudisill, I REMEMBER GRANDPA tells the story of Bobby, a West Virginia boy, who leaves the beauty of the Alleghany Mountains and the security of his beloved grandparents to move, with his parents, into the city, where he can get a good education and his father can earn a better living. I REMEMBER GRANDPA captures the sadness of leaving all that is home, the excitement of seeing a larger world, and the anticipation of a promised surprise from a beloved grandfather.

About the Author:

Carol Gorman is the author of more than a dozen award-winning books for kids, including The Marvelous Makeover Of Lizard Flanagan, Dork In Disguise, Dork On The Run; and A Midsummer Night’s Dork. She coauthored Stumptown Kid with Ron J. Findley. She is a former middle school teacher and holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Iowa. Gorman lives in Iowa.

About this edition

• Publisher: Peachtree
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1561454125
• ISBN 13: 9781561454129
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224