One Handed Catch by Mike

One Handed Catch was about a kid named Norm. His hand got cut off in a meat grinder and he went to the hospital. Norm likes to play baseball, but he doesn't think he can anymore because he lost his hand. Norm faces challenges while trying to play baseball and doing work in the store. His parents are being even more strict after he lost his hand to try and make him tougher. He doesn't agree with them at all.

While reading this novel, I couldn't connect to this story at all. I play baseball in the summer and the spring but I haven't recently gotten my hand cut off in a meat grinder. Norm faces challenges by playing baseball while using only his right hand. I play baseball using both hands so I have never experienced playing baseball with one hand. I can connect to this story because one game I had a sprained ankle and still had to play because we were short players. I played through the game though.

I think this book is good for middle school kids because it was a short and an easy read. I really liked the book. It showed that if you want to do something,then you can if you try. I think the author did a good job of explaining what it would be like to have one hand as a kid. I enjoyed how Norm did everything that he could to do what he loved to do, baseball.

Readers:
How do you think Norm was able to ignore the rude comments about how he couldn't do it?
Can you play baseball with one hand? Would it be difficult?