Something for the Smead Jolley Fans

A user named DMcCunney answers the age-old question about which book have you read/re-read all your life and confesses how the late Smead Jolley made someone a brief fantasy convert.  No errors there, Smead!

I have an old friend who likes SF but does not like fantasy. He’s also a major baseball fan. I loaned him The Face in the Frost. When he got to the sequence where the wizard’s spell included “S is for Smead Jolley, the only major league player to make four errors off a single batted ball” he spluttered “Oh my God! Smead Jolley! You don’t know...” After finishing the book he concluded “I still don’t like fantasy! But I like John Bellairs!”