Gemma‘s family life is a bit of a mess. This is illustrated best through her inability to complete a family tree. Her mom walked out on the family a year ago and has left her playing mom to her younger and older brothers. The one thing she has going for her is baseball. She doesn’t play. She just pitches balls to her big brother, who is the towns biggest sports star. He’s headed out to a fancy sports team that travels in Florida. That’s going to be a big change from living in Rhode Island. This book is lovely and one can feel the love of the sport. I think, even non-baseball lovers will find the story of t Gemma, on the brink of womanhood, an interesting read. We see her come to terms with life and realize that certain things are not as bad or as good as she thought they were, and that she is OK with that.