Mickey Mantle's Last Home Run (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781532052088)

TJ and Jonathan are teen-age friends and teammates on the JV baseball team. Like many young people growing up in America in the late sixties, they have heroes. For TJ, who is white, it is Mickey Mantle, the aging star of the New York Yankees. For Jonathan, who is black, it is Martin Luther King Jr., the leader of the civil rights movement. Unfortunately, 1968 is a bad year for heroes and-America. Their friendship is strained to the breaking point when Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated. Jonathan, who is devastated by the murder, blames all white people, TJ included. TJ then has to struggle through the challenges of the JV baseball season in his racially-torn town, without the support of his friend. Is there anything that can repair their broken bond? Would it take still another American tragedy?

Author: Steven A. Falco
ISBN-10: 1532052081
ISBN-13: 9781532052088
Publisher: iUniverse
Language: English
Published: 12/21/2018
Pages: 226
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.52d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001
PW Booklife Reviews 03/27/2023