I admitted to Kurtis Scaletta yesterday that I approached reading Mudville with more than a little bit of trepidation. It’s one thing to review a book my some faceless entity, but I had exchange a few e-mails with Kurtis, giving him a face and personality.

After admitting my fear, I thanked him for writing a good book. Mudville is a charming novel for what are dubbed middle grade readers about a boy named Roy who loves baseball.

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