Down Clark Street

Illinois, winter, 1958. Eleven-year-old Michael Carmello lives with his parents and five siblings in a small house in Hardscrabble, Illinois. His father ekes out a living driving a cab, while his mother works part time at the local hospital. Michael wants to tryout for Little League in the spring, and dreams of someday being a Major League ball player. But dreams don't find a lot of support in Hardscrabble; that is, not until Michael meets Cornelius (Neely) Brown, a former pitcher with the Negro League, and a terminal patient at the hospital. Down Clark Street, Michael Panno's latest novel, takes us on a young boy's heartwarming journey from childhood into adolescence as he learns a little about baseball and a lot about life.

• | Author: Michael Panno
• | Publisher: Primordial Press
• | Publication Date: Aug 17, 2013
• | Number of Pages: 238 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0967785928
• | ISBN-13: 9780967785929