Catching the Deuce

Cheo Hernandez is a skinny thirteen year old who lives with his mother in a fifth story walkup on Valentine Avenue in The Bronx, NY. The one thing that gives Cheo's life structure and meaning is baseball. Cheo is the number one pitcher on his Little League team, and the only other person he trusts, other than his mother, is his catcher, City Island Pete. But the clock is running: Cheo and Pete are both in their last year of eligibility, and life is about to test them both in ways they...
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Cheo Hernandez is a skinny thirteen year old who lives with his mother in a fifth story walkup on Valentine Avenue in The Bronx, NY. The one thing that gives Cheo's life structure and meaning is baseball. Cheo is the number one pitcher on his Little League team, and the only other person he trusts, other than his mother, is his catcher, City Island Pete. But the clock is running: Cheo and Pete are both in their last year of eligibility, and life is about to test them both in ways they cannot foresee. Pirates and buried treasure are still real, even in The Bronx. Maybe especially in The Bronx. And they come with real, and sometimes fatal, temptations.