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A young baseball prodigy dreams of following in his famous father’s footsteps and playing for Cuba’s national team in this suspenseful novel of loyalty and survival.
“Top-notch sports fare coupled with a deeper story of family and fidelity.”—Booklist
He’ll risk everything on a dream . . .
Julio has always lived in the shadow of his famous father, who fled Cuba to pitch for the Miami Marlins, leaving Julio and his mother and sister branded as the family of a traitor.
Now sixteen, Julio dreams of playing for Cuba’s national team—but his father’s defection may have destroyed his own chances. When he’s given the opportunity to flee Cuba, he has to make the toughest choice of his life. For a chance at freedom, he’ll hazard the perilous journey and risk imprisonment. But even if he arrives safely, will his papi be waiting for him on the other shore, or has Julio Senior forgotten about his son?
“Top-notch sports fare coupled with a deeper story of family and fidelity.”—Booklist
He’ll risk everything on a dream . . .
Julio has always lived in the shadow of his famous father, who fled Cuba to pitch for the Miami Marlins, leaving Julio and his mother and sister branded as the family of a traitor.
Now sixteen, Julio dreams of playing for Cuba’s national team—but his father’s defection may have destroyed his own chances. When he’s given the opportunity to flee Cuba, he has to make the toughest choice of his life. For a chance at freedom, he’ll hazard the perilous journey and risk imprisonment. But even if he arrives safely, will his papi be waiting for him on the other shore, or has Julio Senior forgotten about his son?
A young baseball prodigy dreams of following in his famous father’s footsteps and playing for Cuba’s national team in this suspenseful novel of loyalty and survival.
“Top-notch sports fare coupled with a deeper story of family and fidelity.”—Booklist
He’ll risk everything on a dream . . .
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Paul Volponi is a writer, journalist, and teacher. He has taught incarcerated teens to write on Rikers Island and he taught adolescents in a drug-treatment program in New York City.
Paul Volponi is a writer, journalist, and teacher. He has taught incarcerated teens to write on Rikers Island and he taught adolescents in a drug-treatment program in New York City.
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