Last Days of Summer

Name: Last Days of Summer: A Quirky and Heartwarming Story of Friendship, Baseball Lore, and Hero Worship in New York City
ISBN: 9780060821449

A Quirky and Heartwarming Story of Friendship, Baseball Lore, and Hero Worship in New York City

Steve Kluger

2005·368 pages·young adult

Historical Fiction

coming of age self discovery

A contemporary American classic—a poignant and hilarious tale of baseball, hero worship, eccentric behavior, and unlikely friendship Last Days of Summer is the story of Joey Margolis, neighborhood punching bag, growing up goofy and mostly fatherless in Brooklyn in the early 1940s. A boy looking for a hero, Joey decides to latch on to Charlie Banks, the all-star third basemen for the New York Giants. But Joey's chosen champion doesn't exactly welcome the extreme attention of a persistent young fan with an overactive imagination. Then again, this strange, needy kid might be exactly what Banks needs.

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