In the book Curveball by Jordan Sonnenblick, the main character Pete and his friend AJ are baseball players for their school team, Pete is pitcher, and AJ is catcher. They have been on the same baseball team for quite some time now. But one day, during the game, there is a problem… and it can’t be fixed.

Playing his baseball game, Pete notices his elbow is messing up, but he keeps pitching. He breaks it on the field, and is taken out of baseball and put in physical therapy. Not only is no baseball a problem, but his grandpa is acting very strange. He is quitting photography (he’s a professional photographer) Pete enjoys photography also, so he signs up for a camera classes at school, instead of baseball, and meets a girl named Angelika. “She was the most stunning girl I had ever seen, and I couldn’t stop looking at her..”

    My favorite part of Curveball is when Pete tells AJ he will not be playing baseball ever again. The reason for this is because to me, it takes a lot of courage to tell someone so close to you that you won’t be playing the sport you love with them ever again. AJ is kind of stubborn,too. When Pete was sitting out, he kept trying to get him back in the swing of things. So when Pete tells him about it, it doesn’t end well.

I  give this book a 8 out of 10, this book is good for athletes who can’t play their sport, or enjoy reading about what can happen without the thing you love. This book is a really good lesson on when to tell someone if you’re hurting and courage. I really enjoyed this book, and I will be reading more by this author.

                                                                         Submitted by: Victoria.