Safe At Home
by Sharon Robinson
Ten-year-old Elijiah Breeze, a.k.a. Jumper, is having the hardest summer of his life. His father has just died; his mother has moved them from the suburbs to New York City's Harlem area; and he has to spend the summer at baseball camp. Basketball is Jumper's game. He doesn't know anything about baseball, or city life, or how to keep going without his dad. Jumper struggles in his new life, but he's encouraged by the support of his coach and his grandma's wisdom. He finds out it is possible to start over in a new place with new people . . . and still hold on to what's important from his past.

Excerpt:
Jumper took a quick mental trip through his quiet old neighborhood with its big oak trees, detached houses, and the basketball hoop on the front of his garage then shifted to his new neighborhood with its attached brownstones, the sounds of rap, calypso, soca, gospel, and salsa filtering through the air, and kids playing toss football in the street.



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