The Kid Comes Back [Paperback]

John R. Tunis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 23, 1990 | Age Level: 9 and up

"Packs an extra quota of excitement and suspense. The slam-bang climax makes just the right finale for a grand baseball-and-adventure yarn."--New York Times. "Baseball fans will welcome a new book about a favorite character by a favorite writer of sports stories."--Horn Book.

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“Packs an extra quota of excitement and suspense. The slam-bang climax makes just the right finale for a grand baseball-and-adventure yarn.” —The New York Times

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback
• Publisher: HarperCollins (March 23, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 068809290X
• ISBN-13: 978-0688092900
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,404,857 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars "KID" SURVIVES WWII AND RETURNS TO DODGERS, February 2, 2000

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This review is from: The Kid Comes Back (Paperback)

One of the most interesting books in the Tunis series about the Brooklyn Dodgers, "The Kid Comes Back" is very unusual in that it's not really about baseball so much as it is about courage. Roy Tucker ("The Kid From Tomkinsville") serves in the U.S. Army during the Second World War in Europe, where he suffers an injury in battle. This book deals with what he goes through in the war effort, his rehabilitation and his difficult return to major league baseball with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Tunis, who also wrote "Silence Over Dunkirk," is extremely effective at letting younger readers know what WWII was like. He also does a masterful job of painting a word picture of what it was like for veterans to come back to an America that had changed while they were gone. Of all the Tunis books, this (to me) is the best. The "gee whiz" tone of the first four books in the series is subdued, and a very strong storyline carries all the way through.