“Bruce Newbold tells a harrowing tale intermixed with some good (and magical) hold-on-to-your-hat baseball.” -Richard H.The unusual discovery of a 900-year-old baseball in Ireland, a Time Traveler and Changeling, and an unfulfilled ancient prophecy all lead Cletis to learn his real identity and battle to the brink of death against a far-superior opponent within the confines of frozen time. When the initiation goes awry and Cletis finds himself in the clutches of the horrifying hag, suddenly much more is at stake than simply membership on a baseball team. But first he has to complete an initiation that includes a midnight dare to record the doorbell chimes at the haunted house of a local witch. The story centers around twelve-year-old Cletis Dungarvan who wants to join the sandlot team of his new hometown, Greenberg Junction, Michigan. Recently Newbold started speaking at elementary schools about The Baseball Box Prophecy, which many teachers have picked up for class reading and assignments.
The self-published book has enjoyed brisk sales, with the first printing selling out in about five months. Many years and many rewrites later, Newbold has published the book version in a 550-page volume that is making a “page-turner” impression upon both young and old alike. “Some people I worked with said I ought to turn it into a book.” The screenplay was one of the seven finalists in the 1996 Austin Heart of Film Festival. “ The Baseball Box Prophecy was originally a screenplay that I wrote many years ago,” Newbold explains. By Bronwyn Evans, for The Children’s Book Reviewįor more than 30 years, Bruce Newbold has been acting professionally on screen and stage, but perhaps nothing has pressed his creative conscience like writing a fantasy for young people.
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