Biggie, Derek E. Sullivan
Biggie, Derek E. Sullivan
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Biggie

Author: Derek E. Sullivan

Narrator: Matt Godfrey

Unabridged: 7 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Vibrance Press

Published: 03/29/2019


Synopsis

Henry "Biggie" Abbott is the son of one of Finch, Iowa's most famous athletes. His father was a baseball legend and his step-dad is a close second. At an obese 300+ pounds though, Biggie himself prefers classroom success to sports. As a perfectionist, he doesn't understand why someone would be happy getting two hits in five trips to the plate. "Forty percent, that's an F in any class," he would say. As Biggie's junior year begins, the girl of his dreams, Annabelle Rivers, starts to flirt with him and suggests he should play baseball. Hundreds of people before his dream girl have told him to follow in his dad's footsteps and play ball, but Annabelle might be the one to actually convince him to try. What happens when a boy who has spent his entire life trying to remain invisible is suddenly thrust into the harsh glare of the high school spotlight?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dana on December 20, 2014

I didn't want this story to end, I could read about Biggie for days on end. I had no idea what to expect when I picked up this book, but what I got was a funny, engaging and honest story about an outsider just trying to fit in. I loved Biggie's internal dialogue, and while I am not a huge baseball f......more

Goodreads review by Veronica of V's Reads on February 17, 2015

Biggie is a book about loving one's self, even when it's far easier to hate one's self. Henry "Biggie" Abbott is a high school junior in Finch, Iowa--a town of roughly 1000. He is the illegitimate son of baseball phenom Aaron Abbott, conceived while Aaron was still in high school. Aaron left behind h......more