In this riveting story about baseball and brotherhood, a boy from the wrong side of the tracks finds himself pitching his way out of poverty--one strike at a time.
When he gets an opportunit.
Stuck in a Seattle trailer park, Laz finds baseball helps him escape from the world of poverty and drugs.
Lazarus "Laz" Weathers has always been shy, and his issue with stuttering when he speaks hasn\'t helped.
By "a premier author of provocative YA sports novels" ( The Bulletin ).
In this riveting story about baseball and brotherhood, a boy from the wrong side of the tracks finds himself pitching his way out of poverty--one strike at a time