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Oct 05, 2017booknrrd rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
A 2018-2019 Missouri Mark Twain Readers Award preliminary nominee (grades 4-6). Twelve-year-old Jeremiah Lopper and his dad move to Hillcrest, Ohio, for his dad's job. Jeremiah loves baseball, but because of a virus that led to a heart transplant, he is no longer able to play. When Jeremiah sees a handful of kids practicing without a coach, he finds a way to bring baseball back into his life. This one hits a lot of middle-grade buttons: sports story, chronic illness, adoption. I liked it, and I enjoyed Jeremiah's off-beat household. I didn't love it though. It was too predictable.