Skyhorse Publishing
April 2012
On Sale: April 1, 2012
Featuring: Mickey Tussler; Arthur Murphy
256 pages ISBN: 1616086580 EAN: 9781616086589 Kindle: B007NLRXVI Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
βSpeaks powerfully, brilliantly to anyone who loves baseball or anyone who loves a special person who is dealing with the rigors and challenges related to autism.β βAutism Speaks
In the late 1940s, the minor league Milwaukee Brewers are foundering yet again and manager Arthur Murphy is desperate. When he sees seventeen-year old Mickey Tussler throwing apples into a barrel, he knows he has found the next pitching phenom. But not everyone is so hopeful. Mickeyβs autismβa disorder still not truly understood even todayβhas alienated the boy from the world, and he is berated by other players and fans. Mickey faces immense trials in the harsh and competitive world of baseball while coping with the challenges inherent to his disorder. An honest and knowledgeable book about overcoming adversity, and the basis for the television movie A Mile in His Shoes, Mickeyβs powerful story shows that with support and determination anyone can be triumphant, even when the odds are stacked against him.
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