Title: Center field
First published: 2010
Description: Mike has his junior year well under control. He's got a solid group of friends. He's dating Lori, one of the hottest girls in school. And Coach Cody has all but given him the starting spot as the Ridgedale Rangers' varsity center fielder. And then Oscar Ramirez shows up. Oscar is an amazing ballplayer, as talented at the plate as he is in center field, and it's not long before Mike loses control. He's on the bench, he's getting into fights, and he finds himself in weekend detention with Katherine Herold, the most mysterious, abrasive, alluring girl in school. Mike is lost, confused, and looking to Coach Cody to help him get back on track. But the coach has his own set of rules for Mike to play by, and the decisions Mike makes are going to impact more than just the starting lineup.Robert Lipsyte, one of the most celebrated writers in young adult literature, has crafted a subtly intense tale of adolescent struggle, a sports story about much more than sports—one that shows us how the moves one makes off the field matter even more than the moves one has on it.
Subjects: Fiction, Conduct of life in fiction, Conduct of life, New Jersey in fiction, Family life, Schools in fiction, Family life in fiction, Baseball, Baseball in fiction, High schools, Schools, Identity in fiction, Identity, High schools in fiction, Juvenile Fiction, New York Times reviewed, Children's fiction, Baseball, fiction, Conduct of life, fiction, Schools, fiction, Identity, fiction, Family life, fiction, New jersey, fiction
Places: New Jersey
LC classification: PZ7.L67 Cen 2010