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Book I
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Cruz de la Cruz Saga
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball
by John H. Ritter
Book II in the Cruz de la Cruz Saga
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Over 750,000
copies sold
"Throw in some physics, ecology, astronomy, and extraordinary, eccentric characters and this fast-paced, sweet-natured tale
is more than a baseball story...for more than just fans."
--Kirkus Reviews |
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"A boy needs to read the earth. This is a truth older than the iron dust that redpaints the boulders. It's older than the woolback mammoths that're fossiled in these hills. It's a feeling truth, a gut truth from deep inside, that leads a boy to bouldertops on mountaintops, scanning ancient vistas, listening like a perched hawk, reading willow trees for buried water, canyonsides for fruit or meat, and the ridgetops for friend or stranger.
This is the truth which cannot be denied. A boy kept distant from the earth is a boy dissatisfied."
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"I wrote this story because I have a strong personal belief that the farther removed we are from the earth, the less loving, caring, and nurturing we are toward each other. As young Jack Dillon (who turns out to be Cruz de la Cruz's great grandfather) learned in The Desperado Who Stole Baseball, and as we all learn in The Boy, when we view the land and its resources as products, as a way to boost our personal wealth, we not only lose touch with nature, but with our humanity as well. I see this trend increasing, and it’s sad because it’s so unnecessary. This earth certainly provides enough to go around, but in our culture, sharing has always lagged behind accumulation, which is driven by fear and pride, not necessity." —John Ritter, 2011
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