Strike Three! Take Your Base

Nurtured & coached by their father, teenage brothers Bob & Rex are promising high school baseball players. Their world turns upside down when their father dies suddenly during a baseball game. The brothers shared a special closeness that becomes strained after their dad's death, & as the family struggles to go on with their lives, Bob & Rex are caught up in heated battles against one another as well as a cross-town rival on the baseball field. The boys take their father's lessons onto the ball field to battle their opponents - & learn valuable lessons about their own lives. Each chapter of Wooldridge's poignant story is punctuated by important quotations from famous baseball players of the past. Every teen that has experienced the loss of a parent, either through death or divorce, will relate to this story. The Brookfield Reader was the recipient of the 1999 Small Press Publisher of the Year Award, 137 Peyton Road, Sterling, VA 20165-5605. Website: www.brookfieldreader.com. Toll free: 888-389-2741. An official RIF supplier.Wooldridge, Frosty is the author of 'Strike Three! Take Your Base' with ISBN 9781930093010 and ISBN 1930093012.