All the Way Home

By Patricia Reilly Giff

Two friends, a shared love for baseball, and a quest to uncover hidden truths amidst life's upheavals.

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169 pages· 33,785 words· Est. 4.5 hour read

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Bookroo's summary

In 1941, Brick's life uproots when a fire forces him from his family's orchard to Brooklyn. There, he meets Mariel, a fellow Dodgers fan with a mysterious past. As they bond over baseball, they dream of returning to Windy Hill to save the harvest and uncover Mariel's family secrets. Can they overcome the odds and find the answers they seek?

From the publisher

It’s August 1941, and Brick and Mariel both love the Brooklyn Dodgers. Brick listens to their games on the radio in Windy Hill, in upstate New York, where his family has an apple orchard; Mariel, once a polio patient in the hospital in Windy Hill, lives in Brooklyn near the Dodgers’ home, Ebbets Field. She was adopted by Loretta, a nurse at the hospital, and has never known what happened to her own mother. Someday, somehow, she plans to return to Windy Hill and find out. When a fire destroys their orchard, Brick’s parents must leave the farm to find work. They send him to live in Brooklyn with their friend Loretta, even though Brick knows that their elderly neighbors need his help to pick what’s left of the apples. The only good thing about Brooklyn is seeing the Dodgers play-that, and his friendship with Mariel. Maybe, together, they’ll find a way to return to Windy Hill, save the harvest, and learn the truth about Mariel’s past.

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