Review: True to its promise in the book's description
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 31, 2014
This may be labeled a YA novel but it touched me and I'm a grandfather. I felt as if I were reading Andy's diary. The dialogue was particularly accurate and realistic. This is a raw and emotional but not maudlin tale of a youngster from a broken home who was literally scarred by his dysfunctional parents. It's a story of bullying, fighting for survival against overwhelming anxiety attacks,  brothers' love for one another, and forgiveness. Yes it's a great high school baseball story as well, just as Art of Fielding was to college life but it is so much more. This is a must for young adults and for anyone still able to remember what life was like in high school-which means most all of us.