This is a book I had heard a lot about so I was eager to read it. It is set in the summer of 1959 in Memphis. Vince is a boy of 11 who is a great pitcher and loves words...he just can't say them well...he stutters. Vince is nervous about taking over his friend's paper route for the month of July because he is concerned he will have to speak to the customers when he collects the money.
This story does not have a lot of action...in fact it moves along slowly but the words and ideas are powerful. They need to be taken slowly. The way the author constructs the sentences is powerful. I thoroughly enjoyed the book.
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