Summer of the Shark

It's 1974 and school's out for 12-year-old Ryan Sullivan, only he won't be spending it in his hometown of Madison Hill, Ohio. No playing baseball with friends, riding bikes, or going to Reds games at cookie-cutter Riverfront Stadium. Instead, he'll be visiting his grandfather, Arthur 'Artie' Sullivan, on the island of Martha's Vineyard for the whole summer.

And during his stay, Ryan will discover the joys of eating "lobstah," snag a foul ball at a Red Sox game, survive not one, but two, grea...