Imagine you are the kid who is different everywhere you go. In your prep school you are one of the few Mexican kids. In the neighborhood where your aunts, uncles and cousins live you are the only one who can't speak Spanish. And on the baseball field, you are better than almost anyone if no one else is around. But at team tryouts, you choke, your pitches go wild, and the coach suggests you work on your control and come back next year.
Danny is that kid. But by himself, or working out one on one with a friend, he throws every pitch perfectly, and fast. He has a ninety-mile-an-hour fastball. You'd never guess it to look at him. He's tall and skinny and looks like he has no muscles, but those long arms really allow him to throw the ball hard.
The summer before his junior year Danny goes to live with his cousins and aunt and uncle, to discover why his dad left, and to figure out how to control his pitches when other people are around.
This is a great baseball story, and a great story of a teen finding his identity.
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