Slider: A baseball story that throws love, murder, drugs and corruption into the game.

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Peter Alderman

Slider

A baseball story that throws love, murder, drugs and corruption into the game.

Peter Alderman

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Peter Alderman
01 October 2025

Plays & playscripts; Baseball

Corey's mom tried to shield her son from the ugly truth of his father's past. But this was next to impossible, given his father's high-profile success as a professional baseball pitcher. As Corey got older, the kids in school harassed him about the shame of his father's past. In high school, things got even darker. The high school star athlete and school bully Donald haunted him daily. When Corey became an unlikely star baseball pitcher who threw an unstoppable slider, Donald didn't like being nudged out of the limelight. Drugs, murder, and darkness lingered wherever Corey traveled from North Adams to the Cape Cod League to Worcester when he joined the WoSox and finally to Boston at Fenway Park. The bright spot in his life was when he met a sweet girl named Courtney while working at Paradise Pizza at the Cape, but even that was rocky. This baseball story not only weaves a riveting, shocking tale of retribution but also provides historical tidbits and enchanting geographical details about North Adams, Cape Cod, Fenway Park, and Boston, enriching the reader's knowledge. Colorful characters, beautiful settings, and surprising twists make Slider a compelling and engaging read: a book that you won't want to put down.

By: Peter Alderman
Imprint: Peter Alderman
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 458g
ISBN: 9798348572013
Pages: 386
Publication Date: 01 October 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Peter Alderman graduated from Western Michigan University and earned a master's degree from Boston College. He went on to be an award-winning educator after teaching for thirty-seven years in Natick Massachusetts. He has written several children's book: Soccer Counts and The ABCs of Health. He also wrote The Rockets' Red Glare, an historical account of our national anthem accompanied by a CD by Platinum Award winning artist JoDee Messina. His popular first novel, Train Tracks second printing, is certainly not a children's book as it explores the darker side of life in a quick moving, riveting style. His second novel, The Good Man, follows a young boy's stumbling journey to adulthood guided by friends, coaches, and complex experiences.