Vampire shortstop
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Our team's shortstop is a vampire!
Can vampires live together with humans?
"The Vampire Shortstop," which combines the novelistic subject of vampires and baseball with a warm gaze toward minorities, has been published as the 12th volume in the "First Encounter with Novels" series.
This is an exciting story about Jerry, a vampire boy with outstanding skills, who appears on a youth baseball team that has always been in last place.
Scott Nicholson, a writer who has mainly written mystery and horror novels, draws the vampire Jerry and the various perspectives of those who look at him, leading us to think about how 'difference' is perceived in our society.
The charming illustrations of Novoduce, an illustrator who is actively working on various drawing projects, add lively energy to the work.
A stepping stone from fairy tale to novel
A welcome reading for friends who have grown distant from books, a first encounter with a novel.
'First Encounter with a Novel' is a new novel reading series that adds rich illustrations to literary masterpieces.
With engaging stories, short volumes of less than 100 pages, and captivating illustrations, even readers unfamiliar with reading can easily approach excellent contemporary works.
In particular, in a situation where the polarization of reading ability among teenagers is getting worse day by day, it received favorable reviews from teachers and parents at schools, saying, “We have been waiting for a book like this.”
It will provide a chance for those who have given up on reading to get closer to books and fall in love with literature once again, and for children who have stopped reading after fairy tales, it will serve as a stepping stone to novels.
To pump water from a deep well, you must pour a bucket of water from above.
The "First Encounter with a Novel" series will serve as a welcome aid to those who have become increasingly distant from literature, helping them reconnect with books and inject fresh vitality into our reading culture.
Can vampires live together with humans?
"The Vampire Shortstop," which combines the novelistic subject of vampires and baseball with a warm gaze toward minorities, has been published as the 12th volume in the "First Encounter with Novels" series.
This is an exciting story about Jerry, a vampire boy with outstanding skills, who appears on a youth baseball team that has always been in last place.
Scott Nicholson, a writer who has mainly written mystery and horror novels, draws the vampire Jerry and the various perspectives of those who look at him, leading us to think about how 'difference' is perceived in our society.
The charming illustrations of Novoduce, an illustrator who is actively working on various drawing projects, add lively energy to the work.
A stepping stone from fairy tale to novel
A welcome reading for friends who have grown distant from books, a first encounter with a novel.
'First Encounter with a Novel' is a new novel reading series that adds rich illustrations to literary masterpieces.
With engaging stories, short volumes of less than 100 pages, and captivating illustrations, even readers unfamiliar with reading can easily approach excellent contemporary works.
In particular, in a situation where the polarization of reading ability among teenagers is getting worse day by day, it received favorable reviews from teachers and parents at schools, saying, “We have been waiting for a book like this.”
It will provide a chance for those who have given up on reading to get closer to books and fall in love with literature once again, and for children who have stopped reading after fairy tales, it will serve as a stepping stone to novels.
To pump water from a deep well, you must pour a bucket of water from above.
The "First Encounter with a Novel" series will serve as a welcome aid to those who have become increasingly distant from literature, helping them reconnect with books and inject fresh vitality into our reading culture.
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Vampire Shortstop / Translator's Note / Author's Note
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The story of a vampire boy who is a metaphor for a minority
"The Vampire Shortstop" is a fantasy novel set in a fictional world.
It is an enlightened society, and people no longer openly discriminate against 'difference'.
Then one day, a vampire boy named Jerry appears on a youth baseball team in a small town in the countryside.
Jerry wears a can of some unidentifiable blood-colored drink around his neck, and after practice, he transforms into a bat and flies away.
None of the players on the same team want to be friends with Jerry.
No matter how skilled he is, Jerry is a strange and unfamiliar being, a vampire.
Jerry, the shortstop, is unparalleled in skill, and the baseball team, which has been in last place for years, is on the rise thanks to his performance.
Then the audience begins to spew out words of hatred and contempt towards Jerry that they have been hiding.
In the final match, this excitement reaches its peak.
They call Jerry "abnormal" and spout chilling words like "Kill the vampire!", recalling past memories of killing a vampire by driving a wooden stake through its heart.
Can Jerry make it to the finals? Can his team win the championship?
“Look at yourself.
“Properly, for a long time.”
For a world where differences do not lead to discrimination
Jerry, who is more passionate about baseball than anyone else but has to endure all kinds of jeers and contempt because he is not human, represents the socially disadvantaged.
Author Scott Nicholson helps readers reflect on themselves by looking at Jerry through the eyes of baseball team manager Ruttlemeyer and observing people's reactions.
Director Ruttlemeyer is an adult who says that most problems come from parents, not children.
Parents swear at baseball stadiums, threaten coaches, and even boo their own children.
Ultimately, it is parents who instill in their children old stereotypes about vampires.
But even Ruttlemeyer, who has such thoughts, is afraid to approach Jerry.
Dana, his wife and fellow team coach, tells Ruttlemeyer, “I wish you would try harder for Jerry” (page 46).
Jerry tells her that he needs someone to be a father figure for him since he has no parents, and that he may even hate himself.
But Ruttlemire, intoxicated by his successive victories, listens to Dana's words with one ear and lets them go out the other.
“Even now, no one invites that kid to spend the night at their house.”
“Jerry is just a bit quiet.
A lone wolf, perhaps.
“There’s nothing strange about it.”
It was a statement I wasn't very confident in myself.
“So you’re saying that if your batting average is .921, it wouldn’t be strange at all if you were a vampire?”
“Dana, we’re winning.
That's the important thing." - Page 49
This image of Ruttlemeyer may resemble our own.
It wasn't until the final match, when the crowd's disgust reached its peak, that Ruttlemeyer realized things were going wrong and belatedly regretted it.
Can we avoid repeating Ruttlemeyer's mistakes? "The Vampire Shortstop" is a warm and insightful tale about minorities, metaphorically portrayed as vampires and youth, leaving a lasting impression on readers.
"The Vampire Shortstop" is a fantasy novel set in a fictional world.
It is an enlightened society, and people no longer openly discriminate against 'difference'.
Then one day, a vampire boy named Jerry appears on a youth baseball team in a small town in the countryside.
Jerry wears a can of some unidentifiable blood-colored drink around his neck, and after practice, he transforms into a bat and flies away.
None of the players on the same team want to be friends with Jerry.
No matter how skilled he is, Jerry is a strange and unfamiliar being, a vampire.
Jerry, the shortstop, is unparalleled in skill, and the baseball team, which has been in last place for years, is on the rise thanks to his performance.
Then the audience begins to spew out words of hatred and contempt towards Jerry that they have been hiding.
In the final match, this excitement reaches its peak.
They call Jerry "abnormal" and spout chilling words like "Kill the vampire!", recalling past memories of killing a vampire by driving a wooden stake through its heart.
Can Jerry make it to the finals? Can his team win the championship?
“Look at yourself.
“Properly, for a long time.”
For a world where differences do not lead to discrimination
Jerry, who is more passionate about baseball than anyone else but has to endure all kinds of jeers and contempt because he is not human, represents the socially disadvantaged.
Author Scott Nicholson helps readers reflect on themselves by looking at Jerry through the eyes of baseball team manager Ruttlemeyer and observing people's reactions.
Director Ruttlemeyer is an adult who says that most problems come from parents, not children.
Parents swear at baseball stadiums, threaten coaches, and even boo their own children.
Ultimately, it is parents who instill in their children old stereotypes about vampires.
But even Ruttlemeyer, who has such thoughts, is afraid to approach Jerry.
Dana, his wife and fellow team coach, tells Ruttlemeyer, “I wish you would try harder for Jerry” (page 46).
Jerry tells her that he needs someone to be a father figure for him since he has no parents, and that he may even hate himself.
But Ruttlemire, intoxicated by his successive victories, listens to Dana's words with one ear and lets them go out the other.
“Even now, no one invites that kid to spend the night at their house.”
“Jerry is just a bit quiet.
A lone wolf, perhaps.
“There’s nothing strange about it.”
It was a statement I wasn't very confident in myself.
“So you’re saying that if your batting average is .921, it wouldn’t be strange at all if you were a vampire?”
“Dana, we’re winning.
That's the important thing." - Page 49
This image of Ruttlemeyer may resemble our own.
It wasn't until the final match, when the crowd's disgust reached its peak, that Ruttlemeyer realized things were going wrong and belatedly regretted it.
Can we avoid repeating Ruttlemeyer's mistakes? "The Vampire Shortstop" is a warm and insightful tale about minorities, metaphorically portrayed as vampires and youth, leaving a lasting impression on readers.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of publication: July 27, 2018
- Page count, weight, size: 92 pages | 152g | 122*188*15mm
- ISBN13: 9788936458782
- ISBN10: 8936458787
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