[Calico Joe]
Year:
2012
Type:
Public:
Publisher:
Griffin Press
City:
Sydney
Year of publication:
2012
Pages:
194
Moral assessment:
Type: Thought
Nothing inappropriate.
Requires prior general knowledge of the subject.
Readers with knowledgeable about the subject matter.
Contains doctrinal errors of some importance.
Whilst not being explicitly against the faith, the general approach or its main points are ambiguous or opposed to the Church’s teachings.
Incompatible with Catholic doctrine.
Literary quality:
Recommendable:
Transmits values:
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Ideas that contradict Church teaching:
The rating of the different categories comes from the opinion of Delibris' collaborators
This, his first baseball novel, is about a beanball that ends the career of a promising player. ... The novel is inspired by the real-life story of Ray Chapman.
Calico Joe tells the story of Paul Tracey, a 13-year-old boy from a dysfunctional family, caught in a conflict of loyalties when his troubled baseball-playing father gives him a hard time.
Author: C F, Australia
Update on: Dec 2023