Book overview BIGGER THAN ME is the story of a little boy growing up in the Big Leagues. Following in the shadow of his dad – a professional baseball player – the little boy experiences all of life’s growing up phases in the dirt, grass and lights of a baseball stadium. Everything is bigger than him. The book captures the story of a Major League Baseball career through the wonder-filled eyes of a boy named Charley, who begins to realize that his story – his family’s story – must have a greater purpose. The story must be bigger than himself. Charley gives a glimpse into the wins and losses, the mountain-top moments and the crushing disappoint- ments. Yet his dad reminds him that the story is always bigger – the purpose is always greater. It matters where we are planted and it matters how we see ourselves as players in a much larger story. Charley’s story – though uniquely his own – invites boys and girls to consider how the things they love and do might be used to tell an even bigger story.