Bøger af Paul Korins

Sammy Baker receives a special gift from his grandpa for his twelfth birthday: an ancient Royal typewriter. Sammy is perplexed. Why would he ever type on this thing? He has a brand-new Apple laptop! But his grandfather urges him to use the typewriter to write an essay on the Great Depression-he and his family struggled through those rough years in the 1930s-for an English assignment. He suspects that Sammy will "get a feel for those hard times," and he thinks a straight A is a real possibility. Reluctantly, Sammy complies, but his grandfather's insistence bewilders him. Why must he use this old typewriter? Why the Great Depression? He'd much rather take on an easier topic, such as the1969 moon landing. And his grandpa's mysterious predictions confuse him even more: "Once those fingers of yours start flying over the keys, you can't stop 'em. Take you to all sorts of places."

Blake Simpson is a gifted twelve-year-old boy who loves to draw and paint. He dreams of being a successful artist one day.Rocco Marciano is an all-star pitcher for his Little League team. His dream is to pitch in college and then move on to the majors.Their fathers have different plans in mind for their sons, and they try to bully them down those alternative paths, paths that they had chosen for themselves many years ago. By forcing them to follow in their footsteps, they'd be living through the boys, attempting to fulfill their own dreams, especially the half-realized ones.Blake and Rocco form a tight bond because of their common plight, and they strive to stand up to their iron-willed fathers once and for all.