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1) Calico Joe
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In this novel, the careers of a golden boy rookie hitter for the Cubs and a hard-hitting Mets pitcher take very different paths. The baseball is thrilling, but it is what happens off the field that makes this story a classic.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Even the most die-hard baseball fans don't know the true story of William "Blockade Billy" Blakely. He may have been the greatest player the game has ever seen, but today no one remembers his name. He was the first--and only--player to have his existence completely removed from the record books. Even his team is long forgotten, barely a footnote in the game's history. Every effort was made to erase any evidence that William Blakely played professional...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-old Toby, a prematurely gray-haired Pittsburgh Pirates fan and baseball card collector, tries to cope with his brother's drug use, his father's absence, and his mother dating Stanley the Food King.
4) The proposal
Author
Series
Wedding dates volume 2
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When someone asks you to spend your life with him, it shouldn't come as a surprise--or happen in front of 45,000 people. When freelance writer Nikole Paterson goes to a Dodgers game with her actor boyfriend, his man bun, and his bros, the last thing she expects is a scoreboard proposal. Saying no isn't the hard part--they've only been dating for five months, and he can't even spell her name correctly. The hard part is having to face a stadium full...
6) Play ball!
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Pete the Cat is ready to play baseball! Pete's team, the Rocks, is playing the Rolls. But when the game doesn't go Pete's way, what will Pete do?"--From the publisher.
7) Swing
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When America is not so beautiful, or right, or just, it can be hard to know what to do. Best friends Walt and Noah decide to use their voices to grow more good in the world, but first they've got to find cool. Walt is convinced junior year is their year, and he has a plan to help them woo the girls of their dreams and become amazing athletes. Never mind that he and Noah failed to make the high school baseball team yet again, and Noah's love interest...
10) The big field
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When fourteen-year-old baseball player Hutch feels threatened by the arrival of a new teammate named Darryl, he tries to work through his insecurities about both Darryl and his remote and silent father, who was once a great ballplayer too.
13) Baseball pals
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[1956]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As the captain of his little league baseball team, Jimmie Todd thinks he should be able to choose any position he wants. He wants to pitch, although the other players on the team would rather give that position to Paul Karoski, a left-hander with a talent for pitching strikeouts. But Jimmie wants a chance so badly that he takes the position for himself. It isn't long before his weak pitching sets the team on a losing streak that has everyone, especially,...
Author
Series
Baseball great novels volume 3
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Determined to play in the Little League World Series, twelve-year-old Josh struggles to concentrate on his game and be the team's leader while also trying to cope with his parents' impending divorce.
Author
Series
Matt Christopher sports fiction volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sylvester loves baseball and is excited to join his neighborhood team, but he is not a good hitter--until a mysterious stranger, Mr. Baruth, promises to make him one of the best players ever, and soon Sylvester is transformed into a kid who can only hit homers.
16) Heat
Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Pitching prodigy Michael Arroyo is on the run from social services after being banned from playing Little League baseball because rival coaches doubt he is only twelve years old and he has no parents to offer them proof.
17) Baseball genius
Author
Series
Baseball genius volume 1
Publisher
Jeter Children's/Aladdin
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"An average kid with an above average talent for predicting baseball pitches tries to help his favorite player out of a slump"--
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
The fate of a small California town rests on the outcome of one baseball game, and Tom Gallagher hopes to lead his team to victory with the secrets of the now disgraced player, Dante Del Gato.
19) The hit-away kid
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
1994, 1988.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Barry McGee, hit-away batter for the Peach Street Mudders, enjoys winning so much that he has a tendency to bend the rules; then the dirty tactics of the pitcher on a rival team give him a new perspective on sports ethics.
20) Summerland
Author
Publisher
Talk Miramax Books/Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
Ethan Feld, the worst baseball player in the history of the game, finds himself recruited by a 100-year-old scout to help a band of fairies triumph over an ancient enemy.
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