Eleven-year-old Kate loves baseball, tennis, and writing poetry,
        but struggles to find joy when tragedy strikes her close-knit family.
 
 
      never blame the umpire
                     a middle grade novel
 
 
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Publisher:  Zonderkidz
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Hardcover
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ISBN: 0310719410
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Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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Pages: 240
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$12.99
 
 
 

How do you trust God when tragedy strikes?
Kate is having the best summer a sports-loving eleven-year-old could possibly have. Baseball. Tennis. And to top it off, Kate has just started a three-week class where she's discovering a new love: poetry.
Then comes the news that tears Kate's world apart. In her close-knit family, Kate has always felt God's love and protection. But how can she trust God now? Do sports or poetry matter when tragedy strikes?
In Kate's darkest hour, her mother's faith shines its brightest, helping Kate to see that life is still beautiful and God is still good. Always, no matter what.

 

Review

Those who have been in the trenches will best understand the power of Gene Fehler's extraordinary new book Never Blame the Umpire. With compassion and gentleness, Fehler illustrates the experience of suffering and the peace that comes only from God.   

Dave Dravecky, former major league baseball player, author, CEO and president of Outreach of Hope