Realistic Fiction
240 pages
Goodreads Summary:
An 11-year-old boy living in Memphis in 1959 throws the meanest fastball in town, but talking is a whole different ball game. He can barely say a word without stuttering, not even his own name. So when he takes over his best friend's paper route for the month of July, he knows he'll be forced to communicate with the different customers, including a housewife who drinks too much and a retired merchant marine who seems to know just about everything. The paper route poses challenges, but it's a run-in with the neighborhood junkman, a bully and thief, that stirs up real trouble--and puts the boy's life, as well as that of his family's devoted housekeeper, in danger. |
Book Trailer:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H_WxXIIQao Common Sense Media Parent Review: www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/paperboy Excerpt: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-MI38bPIPw |