The only game

By Mike Lupica

Subjects: Grief, Baseball, fiction, Baseball stories, nyt:childrens-middle-grade=2015-03-08, Grief in children, Friendship, fiction, New York Times bestseller, Friendship in children, Bullies, Fiction, Children's fiction, Juvenile fiction, Grief, fiction, Bullies, fiction, Friendship, Baseball

Description: Sixth grade is supposed to be the year that Jack Callahan would lead his team to a record-shattering season and the Little League World Series, but after the death of his brother he loses interest in baseball and only Cassie, star of the girls' softball team, seems to understand.