All The Broken Pieces
I finished this book last year, but am just now blogging it. In this book, Matt Pin, the main character lives as a Vietnamese teenager in the United States right after the Vietnam War. He has been adopted by an American family, but Matt still has to deal with the issues of the loss of his mother and sister whom he left in Vietnam. The people in Matt’s community have to deal with their own issues as they seek someone to blame for the loss of soldiers’ lives in the war. Baseball is what gives Matt a place to belong and a way to cope with these complex issues. This is a quick read because it is written in poetry. Check out this book as you start reading your way through the Kentucky Bluegrass Nominees for this year.
