Chin Music

<p>15-year-old Joe Taylor is quiet and shy but he has a blazing fastball and pinpoint control. In 1957 he's one of the best pitchers in the state of Wisconsin. As a freshman at Wautuk High School he and his best friend catcher Hank Allyson spend most of their days on the baseball diamond. While Joe has no lack of confidence on the baseball field the same can't be said when it comes to girls. His biggest fan Jayne Littlefield is not just a neighbor she's also in his homeroom at school.  </p><p> When an opposing pitcher starts deliberately throwing bean balls and nearly injures Joe he and Hank grapple with a desire to retaliate. Come summer when Joe attends summer camp he encounters not just a pack of bullies and a boy from the state reform school but a large black bear which attacked people in a neighboring campground.</p>