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Gold Dust

by Chris Lynch

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Brendan D. said: " Baseball is more than a game for seventh grader Richard Moncrief, its life. Its winter in Boston of 1975, and an uneasy time. Rookies Jim Rice and Fred Lynn are waiting for their opening day with the Sox’s. Newspapers call them the Gold Dust Twins. Baseball is more than a game for seventh grader Richard Moncrief, its life. Its winter in Boston of 1975, and an uneasy time. Rookies Jim Rice and Fred Lynn are waiting for their opening day with the Sox’s. Newspapers call them the Gold Dust Twins. A new kid arrives at Richards’s school. His name is Napoleon and is from the Dominican Republic.
The book Gold Dust by Chris Lynch is a very heartwarming and rugged book. I would rate this book 5 out of 5 stars. I believe that the characters are very tough and strong according to their personalities. This is my first recommendation. The characters in this book are poor and live in a rundown town. They don’t give up. Richard only has his Father and nobody else in his family. He has to cook and clean for his dad. His dad has a job at a local gas station. He supports Richard in school and sports but is a tough time for booth of them. This doesn't change Richards love for baseball. Another character is Richards’s best friend Napoleon. Napoleon has left his mother that he dearly loves and his family in the Dominica Republic. He leaves because his father got a job in Boston. He guts up starts school in Boston. It’s just him and his father. The kids don’t like him there but Richard does. Richard sees an athlete in him. This deep friendship is my next recommendation.
Friendship is key when you are starting at a new school. Napoleon is the new kid and is very different in an angry, cold, baseball city of Boston. He likes cricket, doesn't say wicked and he loves Symphony Hall more than Fenway Park. Richard takes Napoleon under his wing to create him into a baseball player; not a cricket player. Richard is trying to be the next Gold Dust Twins with Napoleon. Richard sees an athlete in Napoleon. They work out in the batting cages in the winter to be ready for spring baseball. They are always together and are basically twins.

When two different kids come together that are totally different and become befriends it is very happy to see. If you like character that are tough and strong but make a heartwarming friend ship than this book is perfect book for you. ...more "

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