7 Days At The Hot Corner

7 Days At The Hot Corner by Terry Trueman is a story about a kid named Scott Latimer who's obsessed with baseball. Him and his bestfriend Travis go to the batting cages one day for fun. Then a bad accident happens.

Scott and Travis are good friends, they have been bestfriends for a while. Since Scott is obsessed with baseball he decides to go to the batting cages with Travis one day and it all ends up bad. Travis was up to bat and he kept missing and missing and then he hit it a few times and got happy and pumped, but then he swung way to hard and he did a complete 360 and hits himself in the face with the bat. Blood is everywhere, so Scott being a friend asks if hes alright and checks to see if hes got and broken or missing teeth, with his hand, now his hands covered in Travis's blood. Later throughout the book Scott finds out Travis is gay. Travis never told him before and he tells hius parents too and hes kicked out of his own house. His parents didnt want him influencing his younger brother. So Scot remembers he had his blood all over his hands and freaks out now because hes gay and thinks hes got AIDS now and goes to get a test.

Its a really good book, I enjoyed it, it is a little weird at first but its good as you get farther. I would recommend this book to people who might like baseball or realistic fiction, action, or suspense.