Rooting for Rafael Rosales
A Middle Grade, Sports, Childrens book. Good - in a sweet, charming, quiet way - but not...
Rafael has dreams. Every chance he gets he plays in the street games trying to build his skills, get noticed by scouts, and someday play Major League Baseball. Maya has worries. The bees are dying all over the world, and the company her father works for is responsible, making products that harm the environment. Follow Rafael and Maya in a story that shifts back and forth in time and place, from Rafael s neighborhood in the Dominican Republic to present-day Minnesota, where Maya and her sister are following Rafael s first year in the minor leagues. In their own ways, Maya...
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- Filetype: PDF
- Pages: 288 pages
- ISBN: 9780807567425 / 0
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I loved everything about this book, everything! So many sports books are centered on playing the sport, but I love how with this book we see both sides: both Rafael's journey to playing professional baseball, starting as a kid in the Dominican Republic, as well as two sisters in the Twin Cities, the wanna be sports journalist with her... Good - in a sweet, charming, quiet way - but not exactly wow-me great. When thinking about the tween audience this book is aiming to capture, I fear it slightly missed the mark. There's not a lot of action, or exciting events, or heroics in this character driven, dual narrative story. Today's tweens generally don't have the patience... E ARC from Edelweiss Above the TreelineRafael is growing up a few years back in the Dominican Republic, where his father repairs machinery for a sugar cane farm. Rafael is obsessed with baseball from the time he sees his first game, and would love to eventually play on a team in the US. He and his friend Juan are often at odds, although...
