Welcome to the Show: A Mickey Tussler Novel, Book 3
School year: Year 7
No. of pages 288
Published: 2016
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This book is part of a book series called Mickey Tussler .
This book is aimed at children at US 6th grade-6th grade.
This book has been graded for interest at 12 years.
There are 288 pages in this book.
It is a novel.
This book was published in 2016 by Skyhorse Publishing .
Frank Nappi has taught high school English and creative writing for over twenty years. Frank lives in Massapequa, New York, with his wife Julia and their two sons, Nicholas and Anthony.
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"From encounters with prejudice about special needs in society ('Regular folks and other kinds should not mix. It ain't natural.') to games that teach Mickey about life ('Baseball, Murphy, like life, my friend, can only be understood backward....It can only be understood backward, but it most be lived forward.'), Welcome to the Show is about achievement against all odds and the ripple effect of a game that spills into life experience, ethics, and psychological growth."
D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review
"A marvelous blending of baseball history and first-rate fiction. The perfect conclusion to an outstanding baseball saga."
Howie Rose, sportscaster for the New York Mets
"A masterful final chapter in the incredible life of a most compelling baseball legend. The Legend of Mickey Tussler series is a baseball trilogy destined to become the definitive work in the genre."
David Satriano, New York Post
"Welcome to the Show is an action-packed, heartwarming story that completes the most captivating baseball trilogy ever written. Frank Nappi writes the way Miguel Cabrera hits brilliantly, powerfully, effortlessly. Readers will stand up and applaud as Mickey Tussler's journey reaches new heights."
Bill Madden, New York Daily News
"Frank Nappi's Legend of Mickey Tussler series reminds us why sports, above all else, remain the great unifier, the great teacher, and why baseball remains our beloved national pastime. Mickey's journey not only calls on our common ground as a people, but of the need to respect, appreciate, and understand those things that make us inherently individual and unique."
John Valenti, Newsday
"Bernard Malamud has the character of Roy Hobbs, and Frank Nappi has the intriguing character of Mickey Tussler. Through his award-winning series of three books, Nappi takes us on a journey through baseball life in the 1940s, as seen through the lens of autism. This is not a conventional baseball story, but one that lays out unique challenges and plot twists that differ from any series of baseball books that have come before."
Bruce Markusen, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
"Wonderfully written baseball series with an accurate depiction of life in the minor leagues. Frank Nappi weaves throughout these stories the age old human condition of prejudice and narrow mindedness, things we all are still working on in the present. I cannot wait for the next book to see what Mickey and Lester can accomplish in the show."
Craig Swan, former New York Mets pitcher
"It is refreshing to read a series of books that celebrate the extraordinary talent that a very special young man with autism possesses. These books also show the real challenges those touched by autism must endure. The saga of Mickey Tussler spoke to me as a former professional athlete and as also a parent of another special young man with autism."
Olie Kolzig, former NHL goaltender
"In the third novel in his heartwarming, unforgettable Mickey Tussler baseball series, Frank Nappi has surpassed himself. In this latest tale of a young autistic pitcher with a 'golden arm,' Nappi hits another one out of the park."
Betty Dravis, author of Star Struck: Interviews with Dirty Harry and Other Hollywood Icons
"From encounters with prejudice about special needs in society ('Regular folks and other kinds should not mix. It ain't natural.') to games that teach Mickey about life ('Baseball, Murphy, like life, my friend, can only be understood backward....It can only be understood backward, but it most be lived forward.'), Welcome to the Show is about achievement against all odds and the ripple effect of a game that spills into life experience, ethics, and psychological growth."
D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review
"A marvelous blending of baseball history and first-rate fiction. The perfect conclusion to an outstanding baseball saga."
Howie Rose, sportscaster for the New York Mets
"A masterful final chapter in the incredible life of a most compelling baseball legend. The Legend of Mickey Tussler series is a baseball trilogy destined to become the definitive work in the genre."
David Satriano, New York Post
"Welcome to the Show is an action-packed, heartwarming story that completes the most captivating baseball trilogy ever written. Frank Nappi writes the way Miguel Cabrera hits brilliantly, powerfully, effortlessly. Readers will stand up and applaud as Mickey Tussler's journey reaches new heights."
Bill Madden, New York Daily News
"Frank Nappi's Legend of Mickey Tussler series reminds us why sports, above all else, remain the great unifier, the great teacher, and why baseball remains our beloved national pastime. Mickey's journey not only calls on our common ground as a people, but of the need to respect, appreciate, and understand those things that make us inherently individual and unique."
John Valenti, Newsday
"Bernard Malamud has the character of Roy Hobbs, and Frank Nappi has the intriguing character of Mickey Tussler. Through his award-winning series of three books, Nappi takes us on a journey through baseball life in the 1940s, as seen through the lens of autism. This is not a conventional baseball story, but one that lays out unique challenges and plot twists that differ from any series of baseball books that have come before."
Bruce Markusen, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
"Wonderfully written baseball series with an accurate depiction of life in the minor leagues. Frank Nappi weaves throughout these stories the age old human condition of prejudice and narrow mindedness, things we all are still working on in the present. I cannot wait for the next book to see what Mickey and Lester can accomplish in the show."
Craig Swan, former New York Mets pitcher
"It is refreshing to read a series of books that celebrate the extraordinary talent that a very special young man with autism possesses. These books also show the real challenges those touched by autism must endure. The saga of Mickey Tussler spoke to me as a former professional athlete and as also a parent of another special young man with autism."
Olie Kolzig, former NHL goaltender
"In the third novel in his heartwarming, unforgettable Mickey Tussler baseball series, Frank Nappi has surpassed himself. In this latest tale of a young autistic pitcher with a 'golden arm,' Nappi hits another one out of the park."
Betty Dravis, author of Star Struck: Interviews with Dirty Harry and Other Hollywood Icons
