- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Harcourt, Inc.; 1 edition (Feb 17 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0152056416
- ISBN-13: 978-0152056414
- Product Dimensions: 19 x 14.7 x 1.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 249 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #654,490 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"A wonderful, timeless story that is entertaining while also addressing the problems of professional sports." (The Boston Sunday Globe )
Baseball is like life. You win some and you lose some, but it all depends on attitude whether you stay in the game or drop out. Ray Tucker was a rookie, a nobody from a small Connecticut farm that played field ball. Then, one day while he was pitching, a professional scout spotted him and brought him to spring practice and the big leagues. With help from a veteran catcher, he scored big in his first season. When pain seized his "salary arm" after an accident in the locker room showers, Ray was put on the bench. The reporters were relentless, but he hung in there, started fielding balls and hitting base runs and homers. When he got in a slump and started feeling sorry for himself, his hitting went downhill. His mentor and friend said to concentrate on connecting with the ball; When you think only of yourself and how many homers you hit, the team suffers. Baseball, like life, is a team sport where all players are needed and dependent on each other. Through injuries and failures, team camaraderie and successes, this book contains life's lessons and will appeal to kids if they are also baseball fans. 1989 (orig. 1940), Odyssey Classics/Harcourt, Ages 10 to adult. (Children's Literature -Janet L. Rose )
Baseball is like life. You win some and you lose some, but it all depends on attitude whether you stay in the game or drop out. Ray Tucker was a rookie, a nobody from a small Connecticut farm that played field ball. Then, one day while he was pitching, a professional scout spotted him and brought him to spring practice and the big leagues. With help from a veteran catcher, he scored big in his first season. When pain seized his "salary arm" after an accident in the locker room showers, Ray was put on the bench. The reporters were relentless, but he hung in there, started fielding balls and hitting base runs and homers. When he got in a slump and started feeling sorry for himself, his hitting went downhill. His mentor and friend said to concentrate on connecting with the ball; When you think only of yourself and how many homers you hit, the team suffers. Baseball, like life, is a team sport where all players are needed and dependent on each other. Through injuries and failures, team camaraderie and successes, this book contains life's lessons and will appeal to kids if they are also baseball fans. 1989 (orig. 1940), Odyssey Classics/Harcourt, Ages 10 to adult. (Children's Literature -Janet L. Rose )
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Shortly before a serious accident ends his dream of pitching, Roy Tucker is called up from a small-town team in Connecticut to help the Brooklyn Dodgers out of a slump. Includes an introduction by Bruce Brooks.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
The Kid form Tomkinsville,
By "krazyk20022" (Fairfax,VA.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Kid from Tomkinsville (Paperback)
This noevl The Kid from Tomkinsville, is a very interesting book. The author John R. Tunis tells us about Roy Tucker, a young man from Conneticut trying out to play for the Dodgers.
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One of the best sports books ever,
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This review is from: The Kid from Tomkinsville (Paperback)
When I was in junior high, I was addicted to reading juvenile sports fiction. Shortly after beginning seventh grade, I went to the alphabetical beginning of the fiction section in the school library and began moving down the alphabet. As I went, I examined the books and read all that were sports related. In a little over two years, I had read every sports fiction book in the collection. Of all those books, the Kid From Tomkinsville was one of the most memorable.While the background of the 1940's made the presentation difficult for someone in their early teens in the 1960’s, the descriptions of baseball more than made up for it. Roy Tucker is the title character and an excellent pitcher. However, immediately after one of his best games, he slips and cracks his pitching elbow. This finishes him as a pitcher and the main theme becomes his quest to come back as an outfielder. He is initially very effective and believes success is assured. However, he soon begins to struggle and doubts creep in. The description of all of this is a combination of one of the best baseball stories as well as one of triumph as a combination of talent, hard work and persistence lead to his success. I still remember the scene where his manager comes to his room and tells him the problem is that he is playing for himself and not for his team. John Tunis is one of the best writers of sports fiction that has ever lived. He makes baseball exciting, even when all the action is taking place off the field. While our society has moved on to a point quite different from the time period of the story, baseball is still a game where strategy, preparation and dedication can triumph over athletic ability. That has not changed, and the descriptions in this book will continue to keep the attention of baseball fans for decades to come.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Incredible!,
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This review is from: The Kid from Tomkinsville (Paperback)
I was hardly a baseball fan at all when I began this book. Now baseball is one of my greatest loves. This book is terrific! Whether you love baseball or not you'll be pulled in as Roy-the main character-tries to overcome a freak injury and rejoin the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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