Heart of the Hide Review

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(More customer reviews)This book has special meaning to me because my husband and 4 year old son both have cleft lip and palate. My husband especially relates to growing up and feeling different, but having big dreams.
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Advance Praise For Heart of the Hide
"Heart of the Hide is a story for all ages... You can't help but root for the Kelsey Avenue Crew. You hope that Nicky Palmieri can figure things out. That telling the truth in the long run is much easier than lying. Most likely you'll be reading with moist eyes and tissue in hand.
"And when you close the book and reflect on your childhood experiences and friends you can't help but root that Heart of the Hide finds a national audience."—Award-winning sports columnist, Corky Blake, Easton Express-Times
"A timeless story for all of us baseball people, young and old."—WFAN Sports Radio 660 AM Talk Show Host, Rick Wolff
"Growing up in West Haven, Heart of the Hide brought back many fond memories. I think of the friendly rivalries, the competition, spending countless days at the ball fields, and most importantly, the lifelong relationships that helped to make me the person that I am today. Great Book."—Neil C. Cavallaro, Assistant Superintendent of Schools, West Haven Public Schools
"Every young person who loves baseball should read Heart of the Hide, every coach no matter at what level should read this book. Everyone who enjoys a book that deals with the courage it takes to succeed in life should read this book. I can't wait until my grandsons are old enough to read this wonderful book." —Ed Waters, former New York Yankees' farmhand and Florida's High School Baseball Hall of Fame coach, St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Ft. Lauderdale Florida
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Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 3000 Review

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(More customer reviews)This past Sunday found my children waiting patiently at the Moravian Book Shop in Bethlehem, PA. They were there to get their hands on one of the world's first purchased copies of "Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 3000." Well...they waited as patiently as a five and a three year old are able. "Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom" had dug its fantastic claws into my children's brains, and they needed more. And their father...me...was just as anxious to see what Frankie would be up to next.
Eric Wight has managed to pull off an almost impossible feat with this series of books. He has combined the chapter book and graphic novel formats to create stories that pull the reader (whether they be 31 or 3) along on an adventure that defies easy catagorization or description. One thing I can say as a parent is that I am rarely as interested in storytime as I am when Frankie Pickle is next on the pile.
Wight's language does not insult the intelligence of the young. Kids understand more than we think they do, and Wight knows it. His word choice often results in tongue twisting combinations of sounds and syllables that are every bit as much fun to read aloud as they are to see on the page. And just when you get comfortable with the story, Frankie's imagination takes control and we are treated to comic-style panels with outlandish depictions of the world as seen by the young protagonist.
I realize that I haven't said very much, specifically, about "Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 3000" in this review, and I promise that this is intentional. I don't want to ruin anything for you. Trust me.

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Frankie Pickle returns for another imaginative adventure and this time it all comes down to race cars. Well, not quite race cars, but the Pine Run Derby for scouts. Frankie is in danger of not advancing to the next ranking with the rest of his troop unless he can win the Pine Run 3000. But Frankie wants to do everything on his own so he imagines himself as a world-class sculptor, a mad scientist, and of course, a pro-racecar driver. In the end, Frankie learns that team work is the only way he won't get left in the dust.

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Blind Mountain Review

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(More customer reviews)Blind Mountain is a tightly woven story of father-son conflict. Issues of individuality, personal strength, competence and respect are played out against the backdrop of a mountain hike. The wilderness becomes a character in itself, accurately portrayed and never overplayed. The book is a good fast read with a satisfying punch.

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