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Posted June 26, 2011
Perfect.
A must read for any baseball lover. Only book i have ever read multiple times!
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aBeane
Posted February 25, 2011
Jerry B. Jenkins combats adversity with the virtue of perseverance
In "The Youngest Hero," Jerry B. Jenkins writes about a young boy named Elgin Woodell who lives with his single mother as they struggle to survive financially. Elgin is a child prodigy at baseball and his ultimate goal is to play in the Majors. In the novel, Jenkins pushes the theme that adversity can be defeated through commitment, hard work, and perseverance. Although I personally am not a fan of baseball, Elgin's tale was still intriguing because it was engaging to view how determination can alter a person's livelihood. While it was generally a fascinating story, some parts were slightly dry as they were seemingly unnecessary. This book should be read by all sports fans because it essentially tells the perfect Sports Illustrated article. Along with "The Youngest Hero," I also recommend Jenkins' other works such as "Hometown Legend," and his Left Behind series. Due to its engrossing plot and theme, I give the book 5 out of 5 stars.
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clickclickBOOM
Posted January 25, 2011
a surprising success
the book that I have read is called the youngest hero. The author is Jerry Jenkins. The book is about a 11-13 year old kid that is a fantastic player of baseball. I chose this book for the simple reason, my grandfather gave it to me. I didn't even try to read it for about 1-2 years, but I had to read a book for class so I read this one.
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It is a double narrator deal. The two narrators are Elgin and his mother Miriam. Sometimes the more than one narrator can be confusing, but this one is just fine it makes sense. Elgin is a 11-12 year old baseball star. He is so good that when he was 12 he was moved up to the all star high school team and was only rejected because of the fact that the coach thought that he was going to be the best player in the history, but he thought that align knew he was good and was a little bragy. The mother is a lone parent, her husband is in jail. Its an overall book about a very poor mother with a son that has a potential to go any where in life that he wants.
It was one of those books that you can't really get bored with. I liked the two main characters, the mother and son. For the reason that you know the most about them. The ending was kind of predicted, I knew what was going to happen, but something else happened that I didn't suspect to happen. Make sense.
It's a great book. A lot of books with a double narrator style is really confusing, but this one was just fine. If I could change the double narrator I wouldn't, its perfect. Wouldn't want it any different. This book is about baseball, but it was a lot more to it then a kid with a passion for baseball, I would recommend this book to anyone. Overall I give this book an A+ -
HHS
Posted November 4, 2008
"The Youngest Hero"
After reading the "Youngest Hero" I was very pleased with the whole entire book. It talked about how a young boy, who overcomes the abandonment of his father and shortage of money, to make it to the major leagues. Elgin, throughout the book, becomes better and better at baseball as he progresses through his childhood, and by the age of 13, is a baseball phenom. He becomes a great baseball player because of the unconditional love and support from his mom and the hard hours of practice he put forth everyday. Elgin ends up making the Major Leagues as a teenager, and is drafted by the Atlanta Braves where he becomes a hall of fame player.
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I am an avid baseball fan who enjoys playing baseball all the time, and this book has given me inspiration to put forth extra practice to become a better baseball player. I enjoyed the statistics of Elgin's entire major league career at the end of the book because I love looking at statistics of baseball players throughout their careers. There is nothing that I would change in the book because I believe Jerry B. Jenkins nailed down the main idea of the book and gave a pleasing conclusion. I would recommend this book to all baseball fans, sports fans, and anyone who enjoys reading book about people who rise above adversity and succeed at their goals.
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Anonymous
Posted April 1, 2005
This book is neat
This book is absolutly terrific. Its about a young baseball player who is too talented fo his age, and becomes a major leager at the age of 14.
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