Slice of Heaven
Des O’ Leary
Makaro Press
Pub. 2018

September 02, 2021

Slice of Heaven by Des O’ Leary is a wonderful book about softball and a bunch of young people surprised by sport.

The story begins after school in detention at Mamawahe High School where Mr Orchard is trying to take the roll because there are over 20 students for that one detention. The junior softball team has not shown up and there is a team coming to play against them at that very moment so some of the rubbish-picking students from detention have to play.

There are a lot of different people in this story, as there are a lot of players on a softball team.  Read more