The Rhino in Right Field
Stacy Dekeyser
Set in 1948, this novel follows twelve-year-old Nikko Spirakis, who loves baseball and wants to become batboy for a local minor league team. His plans are complicated by the expectations of his immigrant parents and by Tank, a 2,580-pound rhinoceros living beyond the right-field fence of the neighborhood ballpark beside the city zoo. Nikko also plays pickup games with other neighborhood boys.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 2 editions from 2 organizations.
