Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip By Jordan Sonnenblick

Today I am reviewing Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip By Jordan Sonnenblick.

  Young Peter Friedman is a champion baseball pitcher and he and his friend A.J., also a champion baseball pitcher were amazing at their pitches and catches. He had a growing arm pain, and one game it stopped him from playing baseball again. Now he entered high school, and is worried about his future with no baseball. His moral support is all in his grandfather, the famous wedding photographer Paul Goldberg. He joins a photo class in high-school, and his grandfather's knowledge helps him find his way to the advanced photography class. He is the only freshman in the class except a girl named Angelika. She likes him and becomes his girlfriend. Know he has to deal with high-school, a girl friend, and also a best friend who won't believe his arm is hopeless.

  To add on, his grandpa is losing his memory. Also, he gets drunk and is invited to high-school parties... Is his life hopeless? There may only be one way out. Peter Friedman needs hope, the one thing he never seems to have. He has to record videos of his grandpa's memories, and even teach his grandpa had to do the simplest things, like putting bread into a toaster.  Now A.J wants to train him for baseball season, and Angelika is mad that he is drunk. He burrows deeper and deeper into the problem, and it never seems to stop. When will this stop? Maybe there is a way to end this all. Peter knows he has to convey to A.J. that it's too late for his arm, and has to tell his parents about his grandpa's problems, but he is worried it will all go wrong. Excited? Well, read to find out. You will see how Jordan Sonnenblick writes a detail high-school life, that is mostly realistic. It shows most of what high-school could be like if you take a certain path. In this exciting, hectic adventure you will wonder what your life would be if you, were in Peter Friedman's shoes.