Fracture Line

By Gail Tewaru

Reuben Tane is the fastest teenage bowler anyone in his province has seen in years. He is selected for the U17 representative squad at fifteen - the youngest in the squad. But behind the pace is a teenager who has been bowling through pain for months, ignoring signals his body has been sending because cricket is the only thing that makes him feel like he matters. When imaging confirms bilateral stress fractures in his lumbar spine, Reuben chooses conservative management over surgery - because he cannot bear to be sidelined any longer than necessary. The fractures do not heal. He needs the surgery after all. Then he must face something harder than the physical recovery: the question of who he is when he cannot bowl.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HCLDL1ZN
• ISBN13: 9798190130362
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 82 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"