The Way Home Looks Now - Softcover

Shang, Wendy Wan-Long

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0545609577 ISBN 13: 9780545609579

Verlag: SCHOLASTIC, 2017

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From the award-winning author of THE GREAT WALL OF LUCY WU comes a beautifully written and poignant story of family and loss, healing and friendship, and the great American pastime, baseball.

Twelve-year-old Chinese American Peter Lee and his family always shared a passion for baseball, bonding over backlot games and the Pittsburgh Pirates. But when a devastating tragedy strikes, the family flies apart and Peter's mom becomes paralyzed by grief, drifting further and further from her family. Hoping to lift his mother's spirits, Peter decides to try out for Little League. But his plans become suddenly complicated when his strict and serious father volunteers to coach the team. His dad's unconventional teaching methods rub some of Peter's teammates the wrong way, and Peter starts to wonder if playing baseball again was the right idea -- and if it can even help his family feel less broken. Can the game they all love eventually bring them back together, safe at home?Acclaimed author Wendy Wan-Long Shang brings her signature warmth, gentle humor, and wisdom to this poignant story of healing and loss, family, and the great American pastime, baseball.

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Wendy Wan-Long Shang is the author of The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, which was awarded the Asian/Pacific American Award for Children's Literature; The Way Home Looks Now, an Amelia Bloomer Project List selection and a CCBC Choices List selection; The Secret Battle of Evan Pao, which received multiple starred reviews; Sydney Taylor Honor Book This Is Just a Test, which she cowrote with Madelyn Rosenberg; and Not Your All-American Girl, a Tablet Magazine Best Children's Book, also cowritten with Madelyn Rosenberg. She lives with her family in the suburbs of Washington, DC.

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From THE WAY HOME LOOKS NOWWhen it was time for Nelson's at-bat, we let the other team have an extra outfielder. They also put up their best pitcher, Nick, who was a lefty and had had an early growth spurt to boot. Nelson fouled off the first pitch. The next pitch was way on the outside. Donny Sherman, who was playing catcher, called a strike. Nelson looked at Donny. "You must be joking." "I call 'em like I see 'em," responded Donny. He was 0-2, but Nelson didn't look nervous. Nick went into his wind-up, and the next thing I heard was a dull pop. The ball sailed out past the outfield and into the trees. A shooting star. For a second everyone was quiet, just watching the ball soar away from the field. Then everyone began whooping and cheering. Nelson trotted around the bases, trying not to look too pleased with himself. When he reached home, Donny took off his mask and shook his hand. Nelson picked up his bat, jogged over to our side and handed it to me. "Gotta go. Can't keep a girl waiting." "Come on, Nelson, just a little longer," I said. "It's not even hot. You're not getting sweaty." How could a girl even compare to a decent ball game? Girls couldn't even play ball, as far as I could tell. A cool breeze fanned the field. It looked like it might rain. I didn't want to lose that feeling, not yet. Nelson laughed and shook his head. "I'll stay home tomorrow night, play a whole game with you guys. Maybe we can even work on that palmball," he promised. When I scowled at him, he said, "One day you'll understand." When I think about this moment, I wonder what would have happened if I had tried harder to get him to stay, for just a little longer. One more at-bat, one more inning, one more anything. If I had just changed my grip ever so slightly, and let things spin differently.

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• Verlag: SCHOLASTIC
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0545609577
• ISBN 13: 9780545609579
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 250
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