recommended reading for game 1

Last Days of Summer by Steve Kluger
Of course you have read this by now, no?

Shakespeare Bats Cleanup by Ron Koertege
Yes, a poetry novel. Stop being such a snot and read it.

Speed of Light by Ron Carlson
Gorgeous.

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When the Red Sox won the 2003 World Series and all of Boston Caught Fire by Lauren Krueger
"Luminous and prophetic" raves the Boston Globe