Board Thread:Pitches/@comment-26526182-20160315201022

Based on the book by Lisa Graff

"Everyone says that high school is awful, but Trent knows nothing could be worse than the year he had in eight grade, when he accidentally hit Jared Richards in the chest with a hockey puck out in Cedar Lake. (Who knew that Jared had a heart defect? And that one little hockey puck could be deadly?) Trent's pretty positive his entire town hates him now, and he can't blame them. So for Trent, high school feels like a fresh start. He may even join the baseball team, if he wants to.

If only Trent could make that fresh start happen.

It isn't until Trent gets caught up in the whirlwind that is Fallon Little--the girl with the mysterious scar across her face--that things begin to change. Because fresh starts aren't always easy. Even in baseball, when a fly ball gets lost in the sun, you have to remember to shift your position to find it."

Are we allowed to pitch movies based on books? Idk, this is a really good book, and it's one of those books I read and I think "I would love to see this as a movie".

In the book, the main characters are 12, but we don't really have actors who look like 12-year-olds who will fit the role, so I changed it to instead of going into middle school, they're going into high school.

CHARACTERS

Main Characters

Trent Zimmerman - Trent is the kid who's positive everyone hates him since he hit Jared Richards in the chest with a hockey puck. Trent loves baseball and is a huge Dodgers fan. Trent's parents are divorced, and obviously he would rather spend every day with his mom than with his dad. Trent is stubborn, yet very protective of his one friend.

Fallon Little - Fallon is the class outcast. She has a mysterious scar across her face, and she's had it ever since Trent can remember. She always makes up a different, crazy story about how she got it. She is the only person who believes Trent can move on from what happened, and she doesn't feel sorry for Trent. She's crazy and wacky.

Aaron Zimmerman - Aaron is Trent's older brother. He has a fatherly personality and is always acting mature. He is hiding something, though, he's failing trigonometry. He is the prank master of the family.

Doug Zimmerman - Doug is Trent's crazy little brother. He is always hanging out with two girls, Rebecca and Jared Richards' little sister, Annie Richards. He loves obstacle courses, and is always pulling failed pranks on Aaron and Trent.

Minor Characters

Jeremiah Jacobson - Jeremiah is the biggest jerk in the town. His parents own the only movie theater in town. He bullies everyone.

Noah Gorman - Noah used to be Trent's best friend, but over the summer he started hanging out with Jeremiah and he and Trent sort of drifted apart.

The parents are minor characters too. Trent's mom is the biggest baseball fan in the family, and she is very supportive. Trent's dad is not very caring or supportive, and Trent mentioned that the order of his dad's favorite kids is "Aaron, Doug, Trent". Ray is Trent's mom's boss at the store they work at, Kitch-N-Thingz. He loves baseball almost as much as Trent's mom does. Kari is Trent's dad's wife.

Um, yeah. It's okay if we can't make Wiki Channel movies based on books, I just really like the book. I might also have to give Trent's mom a name. And if I have to like change anything to make it seems a little less like the book I'm fine with it, and if this just straight up can't happen then it's okay. Hope you like it :)  Anything else I need? 