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At its heart a novel about a boy who loves baseball, Samurai Shortstop is fascinating, suspenseful, and intense. Expertly researched by debut author Alan Gratz, it’s a sports story and more, about a boy who must choose between two ways of life, but finds a way to bridge them.
288 pages, Hardcover
First published May 18, 2006
The streetcar was packed with salarymen in black suits and top hats hanging off the sides. Sparks flew from the elaborate series of power lines above the car, and its bell clanged constantly, a warning to the citizens of Tokyo to make way or be crushed beneath the wheels of progress.
"To be hit by a Moriyama fastball is an honor exceeded only by being crushed under the wheels of the imperial carriage."