Choosing Up Sides

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Review "No ordinary baseball book, this is a rare first novel".-- Kirkus Reviews, pointer review Read more From the Back Cover To Luke's father, baseball is "the devil's game" -- but to Luke, it's salvation.Preacher's boy Luke Bledsoe is a left-hander in a right-handed world. Moved from town to town, he's spent his whole life feeling like an outsider. Until by chance he steps on a baseball field and discovers he can pitch. Really pitch. There's only one problem: his father. Reverend Bledsoe believes that the left side is the side of Satan and the baseball field is the Devil's playground. Luke has spent his whole life trying to please his father. Will he choose to give up the game he's come to love -- or turn his back on his family? Read more See all Editorial Reviews