It is the 1950's in Cleveland. Bryan Wiseman never looks for trouble but trouble finds him. It's a hot summer day when two bullies throw him down a ravine, then toss his bike on top of him. A year later Bryan, now eight, is in the hospital dealing with a rare neurological disease caused by his fall. His disorder, dystonia, is cured by a series of operations. Between the surgeries Bryan and his friends deal with the bullies. Along the way they meet Al Rosen and Herb Score of the Cleveland Indians and learn some lessons about life.

The Rev. C. Hoffman (C.SS.R) compiles some of the thoughts from a man who suffered and was sick. It took Alphonsus Liguori nineteen years to die and here are the thoughts that sustained him. These thoughts are the ones which so cheered Aubrey Beardsley, artist-convert, in his last moments: I have been reading a good deal of St. Alphonsus Liguori; no one dispels depression more effectively than he. Reading his loving exclamations so lovingly reiterated, it is impossible to remain dull and sullen. This book is suggested for those who are hospitalized, bed-ridden or suffering from illness and need some hopeful and practical thoughts to help them with their time of trial. Nihil Obstat: Arthur J. Scanlan, S.T.D.; Imprimatur: Patrick Cardinal Hayes; First printed 1932.