Matthew Toffolo: What is your novel about?

Wanda Adams Fischer: After being drafted by the Montreal Expos to play minor league baseball in Jamestown, NY, three young men who’d been champion ballplayers in their respective hometowns think it will be an easy ride to the big time. Little do they realize that they’ll be competing against every other talented kid who’s dreamed about becoming the next best thing in Major League Baseball. Young, inexperienced, away from home without the support from their families and friends, they find they’re faced with challenges and obstacles they hadn’t anticipated–not always on the baseball diamond.

2. What genres would you say this story is in?

This is young adult to general fiction. It’s been characterized as “sports fiction,” but some people who have reviewed it have also said that you don’t have to like baseball to enjoy the book. It’s a coming-of-age book with…