This book is about a eleven year old boy named Tony. His father is a truck driver and he is gone for along time because he does not know how to deal with her drinking. His mother, an alcoholic, got very ill one day and the next day she is mysteriously healthy because she is an alcoholic. Tony has to take care of his mom and Christy his four year old sister. Tony has joined a baseball team and he is the star pitcher.

Tony thinks that he might not be able to play baseball because of the problems at home. You can not put this book down! This book deals with family problems and how it is like to grow up with a family that treats you like dirt. If you get a chance to go to a library look it up you will not be disappointed! He tries his best to keep all his anger inside of him and it is very difficult for him because he does not know how long he can keep all that anger and he wounders when it will end. His mother stays at the hospital for two days. The first time she visit the hospital was because she was drunk. She hit her head on a little table and she was bleeding very bad so Tony had to call 911. Will you find out what is going to happen at the end?

This is a good book to read. If you haven't read this book you are missing out on a great book.