Under The Boardwalk: Tuesday Intro/Teaser

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros is a weekly meme hosted by Diane at Bibliophile by the Sea every Tuesday. To participate share the opening paragraph or two of a book you've decided to read based on that paragraph. Please feel free to join in, First Chapter~First Paragraph~Tuesday Intros.

"I pick up the baseball bat. It’s a thirty‑two‑ounce Rawlings composite. I feel the weight in my hands. The balance is slightly off from a dent on the tip.I grasp the bat on either end and stretch out in the parking lot after the game. Natick vs. Wellesley. My Natick teammates are all around me, high school jocks doing what they do after a win. Celebrating. Big‑time. I celebrate, just like them. This is what I think to myself: I am one of you. I am young. I am a winner. I smile and stretch. After a moment, I shift my weight onto my back leg and I swing hard. Jack Wu comes up behind me at the same time. The bat misses his head by an inch."

Boy Nobody by Allen Zadoff

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

17 comments:

Karen and Gerard said...: We both read this in October and liked it. Here's our review if interested: http://www.ourstack.blogspot.com/2013/10/boy-nobody-by-allen-zadoff.html

Are you enjoying it?; December 10, 2013 at 6:31 AM
Beth F said...: Yikes!! (as in the almost smashed head). Sounds good and I think I'd keep going.; December 10, 2013 at 6:35 AM
(Diane) Bibliophile By the Sea said...: I like the intro and I would probably read more. New to me title.

Thanks for joining us.; December 10, 2013 at 7:17 AM
Irene said...: I'd keep going.; December 10, 2013 at 11:08 AM
Gigi Ann said...: OUCH!!! That would have hurt. Nice intro...keep reading.; December 10, 2013 at 11:39 AM
JoAnn said...: Great intro! I'd like to read more and see where this one is going.; December 10, 2013 at 1:46 PM
JoAnn said...: Great intro! I'd like to read more and see where this one is going.; December 10, 2013 at 1:46 PM
Kathy Martin said...: I have seen this book around the blogosphere and been curious about it. Sounds good! My teasers this week are from The Great Trouble by Deborah Hopkinson and Dark Witch by Nora Roberts. Happy reading!; December 10, 2013 at 1:49 PM
Literary Feline said...: I'm definitely interested! Unlike many of the other commentors, I don't recall hearing about this book, before, but the intro has me curious.; December 10, 2013 at 3:19 PM
Harvee44 said...: I'd want to see the book description before I decided, but the opening para is intriguing.

Harvee
Book Dilettante; December 10, 2013 at 4:20 PM
Catherine @ Book Club Librarian said...: I wonder where this story is going...I'd have to read to find out.

Thanks for visiting my blog.; December 10, 2013 at 4:21 PM
Laurel-Rain Snow said...: Wow! The intro grabbed me, even though I usually don't read about sports. This sounds like a lot more, though.

Thanks for sharing...and for visiting my blog.; December 10, 2013 at 4:30 PM
Yvonne said...: You certainly have my attention with that teaser!; December 10, 2013 at 5:29 PM
fredamans said...: I'm curious where this is leading!; December 10, 2013 at 6:07 PM
Sandra Nachlinger said...: The narrator is really introspective -- not your stereotypical teenage jock. The first person point of view makes the scene come to life too. Good writing.
My Teaser is from CHRISTMAS CALLING.; December 10, 2013 at 7:19 PM
Paulita said...: Athletes full of themselves and baseball bats can never end well. Hope you enjoy it. Here's Mine; December 10, 2013 at 8:18 PM
Margot said...: Whoa - that really grabbed my attention! Yes. I'd read on.; December 11, 2013 at 1:28 AM