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The Prince Of Fenway Park (2009)

by Julianna Baggott(Favorite Author)

3.76 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

006087242X (ISBN13: 9780060872427)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

HarperCollins

review 1: I liked this book a lot more than I expected to. Oscar is a mixed race child who was adopted by two white parents as a baby. His entire life, he's dealt with issues of identity and racism for his whole life. His adoptive parents split when he was still a baby. Now his mom wants to have him live with his dad for awhile, and he finds out why his father has always been distant. It turns out that his father is actually half-fairy, and his is tied to a curse in Fenway Park. No one who is aware of the curse can leave the park permanently, and this now includes Oscar. He has to find a way to break the curse - or he's stuck under Fenway Park forever.This book had really fun and interesting character. I loved watching Oscar try to solve the mystery and seeing how each chara... morecter played their part. *SPOILER* The only thing I didn't like was the ending, where Oscar goes back in time to get some of the greatest baseball players together for a game to win the key to ending the curse. This felt somewhat forced, and it seems unlikely that every single one of those players would agree to come. It also suddenly became too much of a message book at this point, focusing a lot on the ugly part that racism played in baseball. While I agree that this is an important issue and shouldn't be ignored, it almost felt like the book was turning into an after school special.Also, sports fans might be disappointed that very little baseball is actually played until the end. Those who don't like baseball (like me) will be bored by how long the game at the end of the novel takes.Overall though, I thought this book was pretty good.
review 2: What do you get when you cross fairies and goblins with baseball? This book. Just not my thing. I did enjoy learning some biographical info on famous baseball greats, and I do think the book offers an important history lesson on baseball's ugly underbelly of racism. I just didn't get how all that fits in with a bunch of weasels, aunts, a pookah, and a banshee. Intrigued? Go read the book and then come tell me whether or not you liked it and why. less

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