Shellback

"I gotta get outta here." Young Francis expresses this burning desire to escape from his miserable life. Raised in upstate New York during the Great Depression, Francis struggles with poverty and the burdens of being the oldest child of six kids. Francis, his cousin Ralph, and his younger brother, Joe-Joe work odd jobs to keep their families from starving. Competitive and athletic, their passion is playing baseball and Francis was especially good at it. But summers had to be spent on farms ...