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Sophomore Campaign A Mickey Tussler Novel Frank Nappi Books

This is Frank Nappi's second novel featuring Mickey Tussler. This is the continuance from the introductory novel "The Legend of Mickey Tussler: A Novel. In the first we meet Mickey, an autistic kid with a mean pitching arm. He is discovered by Arthur Murphy a baseball coach. He Plays for the Milwaukee Brewers (circa 1940's)a minor league team. He has become a fan favorite and the city has galvanized around him. The first book ended with a horrible amount of violence from a rival team that left Mickey shaken and his mom unsure whether to let him play again.

Molly, Mickey's mom is a battered wife and his dad doesn't much care for him. The coach becomes a father figure to him and as a result he also begins to develop feeling for his mother. In this novel we see that relationship develop. Trouble starts up right away as the rival teams picture is still having trouble accepting he was out pitched by a (retard) 1940's vernacular for the mentally challenged. When Coach Murphy hires a Negro for team everything explodes. Mickey doesn't understand the hatred and violence.

If you want a whitewashed version of life in America during that time period this is not the book for you. Frank Nappi gives us a cold hard look at where we came from and it is not pretty. Prejudice abounded and not just against Blacks it was aimed at anyone with a disability. We were a country of intolerances. In order to find out what happens to Mickey, Molly, Coach and the young Negro ballplayer, you will just have to buy the book. You will be engrossed in this book so deep that you will not want to put it down.


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Sophomore Campaign A Mickey Tussler Novel Frank Nappi Books Reviews

I didn’t read the first book in this series, The Legend of Mickey Tussler. This means that I didn’t start with the background on the characters and their relationships, but I eventually got up to speed. So I’d say that this book can stand on its own.

I thought that Sophomore Campaign might have a cover similar to another historical baseball novel that I read this year. When I looked at them side by side, I realized that they were literally like night and day. The other novel’s cover showed a baseball on the field under a night sky. Sophomore Campaign also depicted the baseball on the field, but it was sunlit. I think that these covers reflect the atmosphere of each book. Setbacks occur in Sophomore Campaign and the concerns that the novel deals with are serious ones, but they seem surmountable.

The optimism of the viewpoint character, team manager Arthur Murphy, occasionally falters. Yet when his players are beset by prejudice, his support is rock solid. Murphy, known as Murph, is a likable character. He is forward looking while at the same time cherishing traditional values like loyalty and integrity.

Although author Frank Nappi mainly writes serviceable straightforward prose, sometimes his style really shines. There are occasional poetic passages that impressed me. I had to jot one of them down in my book journal because it was just outstanding.

I spotted two copy editing errors in the last half of the book, but I consider that a fairly high level of accuracy. Relatively few books are 100% error free these days.

I consider Sophomore Campaign an inspiring story that confronts racism boldly through baseball. This book shows how baseball mirrors the surrounding society. It reflects an American culture that is slowly beginning to change, and the courage it took to implement such a transformation.
Another best-seller book by Frank Nappi, “Sophomore Campaign”, is a second part of the story of a young baseball player, Mickey Tussler who is suffering from autism. It takes place right after “The Legend of Mikey Tussler”, which was a basis for a famous movie, “A Mile in His Shoes”.

Everything changes when a new player joins the team – a young and aspiring African American – who changes the focus and immediately becomes a victim of racism and disrespect. Although Mikey due to his condition doesn't understand the anger and violence they are faced with, he decides to help him. The story continues After a dramatic game, Mikey and his mother decide that he should never play baseball again because he had been being bullied, his manager Arthur Murphy persuades the boy not to give up on it. Because Mikey is different, he is still a target of violence and hatred.

“Sophomore Campaign” is an exceptional book about an exceptional boy and his extremely complicated relationship with the whole world and the people who don't understand him. An inspiring father figure, his manager Arthur, is taking effort to support and get to know the autistic kid's little world and develops romantic feelings towards his mother, but can one person make a difference?

The story gives an amazingly detailed picture of life in America in late 1940's, raising issues of racism, intolerance, childhood, and friendship. It would be interesting not only for baseball fans, but also become a pure inspiration for those who know what it is like to be different and unable to find their own place in this world. It is a beautiful story to read and a sad realization of knowing that being human is not enough, unless you have human heart. I am rating this book 4 out of 5 stars, a very good read.
This is Frank Nappi's second novel featuring Mickey Tussler. This is the continuance from the introductory novel "The Legend of Mickey Tussler A Novel. In the first we meet Mickey, an autistic kid with a mean pitching arm. He is discovered by Arthur Murphy a baseball coach. He Plays for the Milwaukee Brewers (circa 1940's)a minor league team. He has become a fan favorite and the city has galvanized around him. The first book ended with a horrible amount of violence from a rival team that left Mickey shaken and his mom unsure whether to let him play again.

Molly, Mickey's mom is a battered wife and his dad doesn't much care for him. The coach becomes a father figure to him and as a result he also begins to develop feeling for his mother. In this novel we see that relationship develop. Trouble starts up right away as the rival teams picture is still having trouble accepting he was out pitched by a (retard) 1940's vernacular for the mentally challenged. When Coach Murphy hires a Negro for team everything explodes. Mickey doesn't understand the hatred and violence.

If you want a whitewashed version of life in America during that time period this is not the book for you. Frank Nappi gives us a cold hard look at where we came from and it is not pretty. Prejudice abounded and not just against Blacks it was aimed at anyone with a disability. We were a country of intolerances. In order to find out what happens to Mickey, Molly, Coach and the young Negro ballplayer, you will just have to buy the book. You will be engrossed in this book so deep that you will not want to put it down.