On Home Ground

by Alan Lelchuk, Merle Nacht (Illustrator)

Set in Brooklyn in the wake of World War II, and in the shadow of Ebbets Field, a young boy is confronted with an emotional tangle of choices that involve baseball, friendship, and family. Nine-year-old Aaron Schlossberg finds himself caught between the diverse world's of his traditional, Russian-born father, and his love for American culture, particularly baseball.

“On Home Ground raises contemporary questions for its young readers and does so with such skill, it achieves a success far beyond an exercise in baseball and nostalgia.”-The New York Times Book Review

80 pages, Hardcover

First published November 16, 1987