When Silas Walker does a school presentation on former Major League Baseball player Glenn Burke, it’s more than a report on the inventor of the high five. Burke was a black gay baseball player in the '70s - and for Silas, the presentation is his own first baby step toward coming out as gay. Soon he tells his best friend Zoey, but the longer he keeps his secret from his baseball teammates, the more he suspects that they know something's up. Kids get pulled from the team, fingers point at Silas, and he stages one big cover-up with terrible consequences. Was it a mistake to share his truth? This is Phil Bildner's most personal novel yet, and weaves the real history of Glenn Burke into a heartfelt and relatable story of a kid learning just to be himself.
- ISBN10 1250763282
- ISBN13 9781250763280
- Publish Date 1 March 2021 (first published 1 March 2020)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 5 April 2024
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Square Fish
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 304
- Language English
- URL http://melia.co.uk/page/detail/?k=9781250763280