Description
A heartwarming, funny, fast-paced story about the bravery it takes to live as your true self, no matter the cost.
Ten-year-old Caspar "Caz" Cadman loves baseball and has a great arm. He loves the sounds, the smells, the stats. When his family moves from Toronto to a suburb of Seattle, the first thing he does is try out for the local summer team, the Redburn Ravens. Even though Caz is thrilled when he makes the team, he worries because he has a big secret.
No one in this city knows that before Caz told his parents he was a boy, he lived a very different life. It's nobody's business. Caz will tell his new friends when he's ready. But when a player on a rival team starts snooping around, Caz's past is revealed, and Caz worries it will be Toronto all over again.
Will Caz's teammates rally behind their star pitcher? Or will Caz be betrayed once more?
The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.
Author Bio
Jenny Manzer is the author of Save Me, Kurt Cobain and My Life as a Diamond, which was shortlisted for numerous awards, including the Diamond Willow Award, Chocolate Lily Award, Victoria Children's Book Prize and the Silver Birch Award. She has a degree in creative writing and was a finalist for the 2013 CBC Creative Nonfiction Prize, one of Canada's most prestigious literary competitions. She lives with her family in Victoria, British Columbia.
Scott Pietrangelo is a Toronto-based voice actor, music director, performer, singer, keyboardist, arranger and vocal coach. Recent voice acting ventures include the audiobook The Rage Room (ECW Press), the animated TV series Corn and Peg (Corus/Nelvana) and even stuffed animals (Go Away Unicorn, Sonar Entertainment). He is the current artistic director of newchoir, the founder and artistic director of SoundCrowd, and has been co–music leader at East End United since 2014. Theatre MD credits include The Rocky Horror Show (Randolph Theatre), Beauty and the Beast (Capitol Theatre, Port Hope) and The Secret Garden (Factory Theatre). Scott has appeared as a member of the Canadian Virtual Community in Dear Evan Hansen (Mirvish, Royal Alexandra Theatre), as a backup singer for both Josh Groban and Sarah Brightman, three times at Carnegie Hall with three different vocal groups, and loves making music with his partner, Alison, either on their livestreams or with their band, Cloud 9.
Prizes
- Bank Street College of Education Children's Book Committee Best Children's Books of the YearCommended 2018
- TD Summer Reading Club Recommended ReadsCommended 2020
- City of Victoria Children’s Book PrizeShort-listed 2019
- Forest of Reading Silver Birch Fiction AwardNominated 2020
- Chocolate Lily Book Awards - NovelsShort-listed 2019
- Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice Awards - Diamond WillowNominated 2019
- Hackmatack Children's Choice Book AwardShort-listed 2021
- CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens, starred selectionCommended 2019
- Children’s Book Council & National Council for Social Studies Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young PeopleCommended 2019
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