Free Baseball is a children's novel by Sue Corbett, first published in 2006.
Felix is a Cuban boy who came to the USA with his mother when he was three years old. He has a passion for baseball and wins two tickets to a minor-league baseball game via a radio competition. Going to the game with his babysitter, they become separated when Felix learns that the opposing team has a Cuban player, believing that he might be able to share information about Felix's father, a famous baseball player on the Cuban national team who stayed behind when Felix and his mother emigrated.
Corbett had the idea for the book after an incident at a baseball game when she became separated from her daughter Karina and was able to find her as all of the children were wearing the cok (the team name) team shirts. [1]
School Library Journal described the novel as an "engaging, well-written story with a satisfying ending." [2] The Topeka Capital-Journal called it a "wonderful mix of self-discovery and baseball." [3] Kids Reads thought that Felix was a "richly drawn character". [4]
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