Books with author Jonathan Schultz

A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist follows an embattled Little League team in inner-city Newark, New Jersey, revealing the complex realities of urban life in one of America's most dangerous citiesWhen Rodney Mason, an ex-con drug dealer from Newark's rough South Ward, was shot and paralyzed, he vowed to turn his life around. A former high-school pitching ace with a 93 mph fastball, Mason decided to form a Little League team to help boys avoid the street life that had claimed his youth and mobility. Predictably, the players struggle—they endure poverty, unstable family lives with few positive male role models, failing schools, and dangerous neighborhoods—but through the fists and tears, lopsided losses and rare victories, this bunch of misfits becomes a team, and in doing so gives the community something to root for. With in-depth reporting, fascinating characters, and vivid prose, Jonathan Schuppe's A Chance to Win is both a penetrating, true-to-life portrait of what's at stake for kids growing up poor in America's inner cities and a portrait of Newark itself, a struggling city that has recently known great hope as well as failure.

When Rodney Mason, an ex-con drug dealer from Newark's rough South Ward, was shot and paralyzed, he vowed to turn his life around. A former high-school pitching ace with a 93 mph fastball, Mason decided to form a Little League team to help boys avoid the street life that had claimed his youth and mobility. In A Chance to Win, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Jonathan Schuppe follows Mason and his team, both on and off the field. Predictably, the players struggle―they endure poverty, unstable family lives with few positive male role models, failing schools, and dangerous neighborhoods―but through the fists and tears, lopsided losses and rare victories, this bunch of misfits becomes a team, and in doing so gives the community something to root for. Jonathan Schuppe's book is both a penetrating, true-to-life portrait of what's at stake for kids growing up poor in America's inner cities and a portrait of Newark itself, a struggling city that has recently known great hope as well as failure.

A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist follows an embattled Little League team in inner-city Newark, New Jersey, revealing the complex realities of urban life in one of America's most dangerous citiesWhen Rodney Mason, an ex-con drug dealer from Newark's rough South Ward, was shot and paralyzed, he vowed to turn his life around. A former high-school pitching ace with a 93 mph fastball, Mason decided to form a Little League team to help boys avoid the street life that had claimed his youth and mobility. Predictably, the players struggle―they endure poverty, unstable family lives with few positive male role models, failing schools, and dangerous neighborhoods―but through the fists and tears, lopsided losses and rare victories, this bunch of misfits becomes a team, and in doing so gives the community something to root for. With in-depth reporting, fascinating characters, and vivid prose, Jonathan Schuppe's A Chance to Win is both a penetrating, true-to-life portrait of what's at stake for kids growing up poor in America's inner cities and a portrait of Newark itself, a struggling city that has recently known great hope as well as failure.

In the ancient near east, the young girl Inanna goes on an heroic quest to rescue her parents from a dragon's curse. Aided by Old World goddesses, a trader, a prince, a hyena, and an enigmatic wizard, Inanna finds the journey much more difficult that she expected, but discovers depths of courage, loyalty, & devotion she didn't know she possessed. with 13 illustrations, a map, & a glossary.

In the ancient near east, the young girl Inanna goes on an heroic quest to rescue her parents from a dragon's curse. Aided by Old World goddesses, a trader, a prince, a hyena, and an enigmatic wizard, Inanna finds the journey much more difficult that she expected, but discovers depths of courage, loyalty, & devotion she didn't know she possessed. with 13 illustrations, a map, & a glossary.jonathan schork is an artist, author, & filmmaker in st.petersburg, florida. a lifelong writer, his accomplishments include writing for print & digital media, short plays & screenplays, and the books "diversifolio"(2004), "the love of simon fox"(2016), & "a view from the tendo"(2016).