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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. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Young Roy Tucker enters the major leagues as an unsophisticated country boy and quickly learns that he faces a great deal of hard work if he wants to pitch for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Just as Roy begins to prove himself, a freak accident dashes his hope of ever pitching for the team. Yet, he summons up enough determination to find another place for himself on the team. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Kid form Tomkinsville, April 21 2003

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"krazyk20022" (Fairfax,VA.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Kid from Tomkinsville (Hardcover)

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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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best sports books ever, July 26 2001

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This review is from: The Kid from Tomkinsville (Hardcover)

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.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible!, Aug 8 2000

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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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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the great baseball books
I read this book the first time back in the mid-80's in high school. I had a burgeoning love of baseball and fell deeply in love with Tunis' works. Read more

Published on Jun 9 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars Good for bright youngster who want to read about baseball
I first read this book when I was 7 years old in the 1970s. I still love it to this day. The characters jump off the page and take you back to the 1940s, a different time and... Read more

Published on Jan 29 2000 by Douglas N. Hammer