This Is Next Year Author:Philip Goldberg It's 1955 and the long-suffering Brooklyn Dodgers are marching into another World Series with their nemesis, the mightly Yankees. Believing that the fate of his parents' marriage hinges on victory, eleven year-old Roger Stone tries to end the Bums' curse by himself, enlisting the aid of Jackie Robinson. This exuberant tale of love and redemption... more » reaches a tense climax at the seventh game of the Series."Goldberg writes lovingly and evocatively of egg creams, stoopball [and] nascent rock 'n roll," said Publishers Weekly, and "captures the joys and terrors of childhood in the period with wit, charm and intelligence."« less