This book is called Painting the Black. It is about a senior boy name Ryan who likes to play baseball. In this book, he will face many problems ahead of his life during senior year in high school. He will encounter problems that might effect his baseball year and friendship too. He is very human facing every problem. The structure of this book is a vertical. Ryan deals with problems when he broke his ankle …showed first 75 words of 1039 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1039 total…goal and thats what got him a trophy and the trophy label says “Most Inspirational Player- Ryan Ward.” The style that the author is writing is 1st person. Ryan point-of-view made it 1st person. He was talking to himself and facing problems made it made us think that we were him. Everything he says is true in life. I want to read this again because it is so realistic like I am in his mind.