num_pages: 248
description: When a hard ball is coming at you fast, and when it's dancing, too, every single nerve in your body is alert and ready. Your eyes are wide open, and the adrenaline is pumping. It's not a feeling you want to give up, any more than you want to get off a roller coaster. In his senior year of high school, late-bloomer Ryan Ward has just begun to feel the magic of the magic of catching a wicked slider, of throwing a runner out, of training hard and pushing limits. But when one of his teammates clearly pushes the limits too far, Ryan is face with a heartbreaking he must choose between his love for the game and his integrity.
language: English
title: Painting the Black
titlecomplete: Painting the Black
genres: Sports, Young Adult, Baseball, Fiction, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 499
publisher: Avon Flare