We are currently reading Free Baseball by author Sue Corbett. It is a book off the Iowa Children's Choice Awards list. To visit the Iowa Children's Choice Awards website click here.
Here is a summary of the book:
Baseball is in his blood. Felix know a lot of ballplayers but not the one he wants to know the most: his father, a baseball star in Cuba, who risked everything to send Felix to America. His mom won't reveal anything else. When a team with a few Cuban players comes to town, Felix sneaks into the locker room to talk to them. That's when the players mistake him for their new batboy. Determined to uncover the truth about his mysterious father, Felix plays along. Just for a few days, he thinks-long enough to find out about his dad. Life at the ballpark is perfect. And when the team ends a long losing steak, the fun-loving, wisecracking players hail the new batboy as their lucky charm. But Felix is slowly uncovering the painful reality of his family's past. Is he strong enough to face the truth?
