curveball the year i lost my grip by jordan sonnenblick

When I was a kid, my best friend and I used to go to Yankees games and throw open ketchup packets off the upper deck. My favorite baseball team is the New York Yankees. When I was in fourth grade, a fantasy novel called The Dark is Rising inspired me to become a novelist someday. As a kid, though, I mostly read fantasy, science ﬁction, and comic books.

Speaking of reading, I read a lot of different genres. My hobbies are playing the drums, guitar, and bass riding my bicycle at least 50 miles a week hanging out with my wife and kids and reading. My all-time favorite band is the Beatles, although I like a ton of different music. Then it gave birth to 20 baby snakes, so I changed its name to Hectoria.

The best pet I ever had was a garter snake I caught when I was eight by a lake in Pennsylvania. So if youʼre looking for info about some other guy named Jordan Sonnenblick, youʼve got the wrong website.Īnyway, I know a lot of people are looking for stuff they can use in reports for school, so Iʼll just get this out of the way right up front: (Mar.I am the author of seven books for children and young adults, including Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie. The novel is populated with kind, vulnerable characters who care about each other (mellow San from Zen and the Art of Faking It even makes an appearance), and the thoroughly enjoyable mix of sports, art, family drama, and budding romance will have readers invested in Peter’s struggles to accept his new world and appreciate what he has.

Sonnenblick’s story may be straightforward, but Peter’s natural and self-effacing narrative voice makes it sing. But his secrets prove harder and harder to keep, especially when his new girlfriend and fellow photography enthusiast, Angelika, gives him an ultimatum, and his deteriorating grandfather ends up in an emergency situation. Peter tries to keep the extent of both problems hidden-the first from his best friend and fellow pitcher, AJ, and the second from his mother, per his grandfather’s request. The start of Peter’s freshman year is marked by twin tragedies: a serious arm injury during a baseball game means his pitching days are over, and his beloved grandfather, a photographer who taught Peter how to shoot, is losing his memory.

Curveball the year i lost my grip by jordan sonnenblick