Beloved teen author jordan sonnenblick talks about his heartbreaking and funny new novel, curveball. Its also about first love, photography, dangerous secrets, and alzheimers disease. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. The year i lost my grip jordan sonnenblick, read by luke daniels. Most kids are nervous about starting high school, but petes amazing arm is going to make his life pretty easy.
He breathes baseball, dreams about it, and works his tail off to be great. The year i lost my grip is a book written by jordan sonnenblick. The year i lost my grip paperback february 25, 2014 by jordan sonnenblick author. And this afternoon you can tell me more about what goes on in uncle homers farm. It is the story of peter friedman and the year he injures his elbow, making him never able to pitch on his baseball team again.
Sonnenblick revisits several key themes from his debut novel, drums. You can read the first 21 pages online at scholastics website here. Curveball the year i lost my grip trailer book trailer. The year i lost my grip hardcover in bulk, at wholesale prices. The year i lost my grip i am really excited about this one. I wrote it for my teenage son, and it is based on an incident that happened a couple of years ago to a player on his travel baseball team. His whole world has been baseball, but after a nagging pain that he failed to mention to anyone, hes done some serious damage to his arm and even after surgery, the doctor tells him there is no way hell ever pitch again. Curveball sometimes lifes greatest accomplishments take place off the field. His best friend aj, still a star baseball player himself, keeps reminding peter of his loss. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the curveball the year i lost my grip, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. Jordan sonnenblick scores a home run with curveball as he continues what he does best. The year i lost my grip by jordan sonnenblick 2014, paperback at the best online prices. It is also the same year that his grandfather develops alzheimers disease.
Sometimes, the greatest comebacks take place far away from the ball fiel. The one bright spot is his new cute girlfriend angelika and the gift of his grandfathers photography equipment. The next several photos are taken all in a row, clickclickclick. The pitcher is in his windup, one arm cocked behind his head, his glove hand swinging down, across his body, toward the catcher. Each is zoomed in more tightly than the one before it. Yeah, its only february, but i bet if you ask me again in december ill say the same thing. It is the story of peter friedman and the year he injures his elbow, making him never. Sometimes lifes greatest accomplishments take place off the field. But petes freshman year doesnt turn out as planned. Even though the topics, covers, and titles never seen to be something i would like, i always fall in love with the story. The year i lost my grip hardcover 1 mar 2012 by jordan sonnenblick author.
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