Cover of Edward's Eyes

Edward's Eyes

Jake is a part of an extraordinary family. He has a life filled with art, music, and long summer nights on the Cape. He has hours and days and months of baseball. But, more than anything in this world, Jake knows he has Edward. From the moment he was born, Jake knew Edward was destined for something. Edward could make anyone laugh and everyone think. During one special year, he became the only one in the neighborhood who could throw a perfect knuckleball. It was a pitch you could not hit. That same year, Jake learned there are also some things you cannot hold. Patricia MacLachlan, one of the most beloved children's book authors writing today, has painted a deeply stirring, delicately lyrical portrait of a child, a son, a family, and a brother. Through Edward's eyes, we see what gifts all of these things truly are to those around them, and how those gifts live on and grow.

Audience
childrensyoung adultmiddle grade
Length
short · 116 pages

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it. Point at it (on a phone, tap it) for less of it instead.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

Liked Edward's Eyes? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked Edward's Eyes. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. Stumptown Kid Shares baseball, childrens, young adult
  2. Each Little Bird that Sings Shares childrens, realistic fiction, young adult
  3. Overboard Shares young adult, realistic fiction, childrens
  4. Ida B. . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World Shares childrens, realistic fiction, young adult

“People who read Edward's Eyes tend to reach for these next.”

  1. Little Audrey
  2. Second Skin
  3. Missing
  4. Ghost of a Hanged Man

“If you want more of the same (literary fiction about sports), start with these.”

  1. The Higher Power of Lucky
  2. The Great Gilly Hopkins
  3. Tennis Shoes
  4. Amelia Bedelia Shapes Up

“If it was the realistic fiction that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. The Penderwicks on Gardam Street
  2. The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
  3. The Penderwicks at Point Mouette
  4. The Tiger Rising

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. The Summer of 43: R.A. Dickey's Knuckleball and the Redemption of America's Game
  2. Knuckler: My Life with Baseball's Most Confounding Pitch
  3. Midnight's Children
  4. Summer of '98