Cover of Absolutely perfect summer
Read Time: ~3.5 hr

Absolutely perfect summer

by Jeffrey Asher Nesbit (1991)

About this book

Two brothers come of age one summer as the older one, a high school senior, must choose between playing major league baseball and going to college, and the younger maintains a perfect batting average in Little League.

Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreAbsolutely perfect summer Lead Character

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