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A review by readitall199
Baseball Genius by Derek Jeter, Tim Green
4.0
Jalen has a very special talent. He can predict the pitches that a pitcher throws during a game with near perfect accuracy.
Jalen wants to play for a travel team but his father can not afford to pay the fees. Jalen’s father, Fabio owns a diner and prepares delicious Italian food. Jalen does not know what happened to his mother - it’s a sore subject for Fabio. Jalen is mixed race- Italian and Black.
Jalen’s wealthy friend lives next door to Yankee’s player James JY Yager. The story begins with Jalen breaking into JY’s backyard to steal baseballs JY hits, signs, sells for scholarship money for kids to help them play on teams. He meets JY and eventually he is asked to attend games and signal the pitch to JY so he can anticipate it and win.
The second part of the deal is that JY will pay Jalen’s travel team fees and tweet about Fabio’s restaurant being JY’s good luck charm.
Each chapter ends in a cliffhanger. It was a good story.
Jalen wants to play for a travel team but his father can not afford to pay the fees. Jalen’s father, Fabio owns a diner and prepares delicious Italian food. Jalen does not know what happened to his mother - it’s a sore subject for Fabio. Jalen is mixed race- Italian and Black.
Jalen’s wealthy friend lives next door to Yankee’s player James JY Yager. The story begins with Jalen breaking into JY’s backyard to steal baseballs JY hits, signs, sells for scholarship money for kids to help them play on teams. He meets JY and eventually he is asked to attend games and signal the pitch to JY so he can anticipate it and win.
The second part of the deal is that JY will pay Jalen’s travel team fees and tweet about Fabio’s restaurant being JY’s good luck charm.
Each chapter ends in a cliffhanger. It was a good story.