Goodreads synopsis: It’s August 1941, and Brick and Mariel both love the Brooklyn Dodgers. Brick listens to their games on the radio in Windy Hill, in upstate New York, where his family has an apple orchard; Mariel, once a polio patient in the hospital in Windy Hill, lives in Brooklyn near the Dodgers’ home, Ebbets Field. She was adopted by Loretta, a nurse at the hospital, and has never known what happened to her own mother. Someday, somehow, she plans to return to Windy Hill and find out. When a fire destroys their orchard, Brick’s parents must leave the farm to find work. They send him to live in Brooklyn with their friend Loretta, even though Brick knows that their elderly neighbors need his help to pick what’s left of the apples. The only good thing about Brooklyn is seeing the Dodgers play–that, and his friendship with Mariel. Maybe, together, they’ll find a way to return to Windy Hill, save the harvest, and learn the truth about Mariel’s past.
My rating: 3 stars.
Content warnings: PG.
My thoughts: I expected more baseball from this book, but overall it was sweet and a neat read. It didn't have the normal kid's book complaint where things just start to happen and then it ends. It definitely felt like a whole and complete story, and one with a bit more depth than normal at that. It was sweet and an enjoyable story, and my only complaint is that the baseball it mentioned on the back cover wasn't in the story as much as I thought it would be. But certainly worth the read.
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