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dennisb's review
5.0
I’ve read the “great American novels,” MOBY DICK and HUCKLEBERRY FINN, but reading Ken Kuhlken’s SUPERMEN was by far a more rewarding experience for me. I felt more like I was living the story, rather than just reading. It helped, I must admit, that I lived in the same town where the author spent his childhood years, and it made everything familiar and identifiable. His baseball and Little League experiences were MY experiences, right down to remembering the amazing and ambidextrous Mexican Little Leaguer, Angel Macias, and his perfect game in the 1957 Little League World Series. Ken Kuhlken has written the coming-of-age novel that I dare to compare to Salinger’s CATCHER IN THE RYE, except SUPERMEN'S characters are much more endearing for me. I never wanted to be Holden Caulfield, but Otis Otterbach? You betcha! I am on to the next installment in Kuhlken’s For America series, THIS ROUGH BEAST, and am eagerly anticipating the next adventure. (Sorry for the All-caps titles, but I found the formatting of type in this venue to be awkward and difficult.)
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