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42) Southpaw
Author
Series
Winning season volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
After moving to New Jersey following his parents' divorce, Jimmy Fleming tries out for the seventh-grade baseball team while also trying to cope with his new life and dealing with his overly-competitive father.
Author
Series
Mickey Tussler novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
In 1948, the minor league Milwaukee Brewers have an abysmal record, and manager Arthur Murphy is desperate to improve the team. When he sees seventeen-year-old Mickey Tussler pitching apples into a barrel, he knows he has found a phenom that will end the team's losing streak. However, not everyone is as hopeful. Mickey's autism has alienated the boy from his surroundings, and he faces immense challenges from both the competitive world of baseball...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"When Mike pitches against the heavy-hitting Peach Street Mudders, the butterflies in his stomach feel more like dragons. The other team is good, and Mike starts to lose faith in his ability. Good thing he has a secret weapon in his dong, Harry. Can Harry help Mike pitch a no-hitter?"--Page [4] of cover.
47) The only game
Author
Series
Home team novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Formats
Description
Sixth grade is supposed to be the year that Jack Callahan would lead his team to a record-shattering season and the Little League World Series, but after the death of his brother he loses interest in baseball and only Cassie, star of the girls' softball team, seems to understand.
49) Baseball pals
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When Jimmie is elected captain of his baseball team, his first decision is to appoint himself pitcher. But Jimmie's selfish move could ruin the whole team...
51) High heat
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 10
Description
When sophomore Shane Hunter's father is arrested for money laundering at his Lexus dealership, the star pitcher's life of affluence and private schooling begins to fall apart.
Author
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Jimmy Hanks has always dreamed of playing Major League baseball, and when he is accepted into the Minors, he thinks his dream is finally coming true, but he soon learns that it will take more determination and hard work than he anticipated.
Author
Series
Billy Baggs novels volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Description
With his father in jail and his mother working full-time, fourteen-year-old Billy Baggs finds himself in charge of running the family farm in northern Minnesota and having to give up the thing he loves most--baseball.
58) Skinnybones
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Alex's active sense of humor helps him get along withthe school braggart, make the most of his athletic talents, and simply get by in a hectic world.
60) I Got It!
Author
Description
In this wordless picture book, a young outfielder imagines all the terrifying ways he might not catch the baseball, and one way that he can.