Wes Tooke

Photograph © Virgina Benitez

About The Author

C. W. Tooke has worked as a feature writer and editorial consultant and has published features in Salon, New Jersey Monthly, and the Princeton Alumni Weekly. His first novel, Lucky was a Junior Library Guild Selection. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and dog.

Books by Wes Tooke

King of the Mound

My Summer with Satchel Paige

By Wes Tooke
Baseball legend Satchel Paige changes a boy’s life in this coming-of-age tale from the author of Lucky.
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Lucky

Maris, Mantle, and My Best Summer Ever

By Wes Tooke
Louis isn’t very good at playing baseball, but he knows and loves the game more than anybody. He loves the purity of the sport, the sound of the crack of a bat, and the smell of freshly cut grass in the stadium. And more than anything, he loves the New York Yankees. So when he becomes a bat boy f...
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