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Alex Myers is a high‑school athlete whose football and basketball seasons have been plagued by controversy, and whose father has been missing since his parents’ divorce. This spring, Alex focuses on improving his fastball, hoping to impress Christine, a potential girlfriend. His hopes are complicated when Matt Gordon, a teammate who was suspended for testing positive for performance‑enhancing drugs, is reinstated by the athletic board and joins the team. With both men vying for the same opportunities on and off the field, Alex must decide whether love and baseball can coexist or if some challenges are too serious to overcome.
First publish date: 2016
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: John Feinstein
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