Mudville

Welcome to Moundville, a mythical Minnesota town where it's been raining steadily for over 20 years. That's longer than Roy McGuire, the hero and narrator of this story, has been alive. One day Roy comes home to find his father has taken in a mysterious foster son named Sturgis. With Sturgis' arrival, things begin to change. The rain stops. The baseball field dries out. A new baseball team takes shape, with Sturgis as a very talented pitcher. Soon, Roy and the team are preparing to play Sinister Bend (the team they were playing when the rain started), and Sturgis makes a choice that no one can understand. This is a first book by Minnesota author Kurtis Scatetta; it is a very readable story for sports and mystery fans.