• Publication Season/Year: Spring 2009
• Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
• Release Date: February 24, 2009
• ISBN: 0375855793

Welcome to Moundville, where it’s been raining for longer than 12-year-old Roy McGuire has been alive. Most people say the town is cursed-right in the middle of their biggest baseball game against rival town Sinister Bend, black clouds crept across the sky and it started to rain. That was twenty-two years ago . . . and it’s still pouring.

Baseball camp is over, and Roy knows he’s in for a dreary, soggy summer of digging ditches in the mud, pretending his dad’s meals are edible, and wishing he were still playing ball. But when he returns home, Roy finds a foster kid named Sturgis sprawled out on his couch. As if this isn’t weird enough, just a few days after Sturgis’s arrival, the sun comes out. No one can explain why the rain has finally stopped, but as far as Roy’s concerned, it’s time to play some baseball. It’s time to get a Moundville team together-with Roy catching and Sturgis pitching-and finish what was started twenty-two years ago. It’s time for a rematch.

Kurtis Scaletta makes his literary debut with this witty, heartfelt novel about fathers and sons, brothers and baseball, and a whole lot of rain.

About the Author

Kurtis Scaletta was born in Louisiana and grew up in New Mexico, North Dakota, England, Liberia, Brazil, and a few other places. He now lives in Minneapolis with his wife and several cats. He got the idea for Mudville, his first novel for young readers, during a rain delay in a game between the Minnesota Twins and the Texas Rangers. He wondered, what if it just kept raining?  Read more about how to book or contact Kurtis Scaletta.