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43) Boys in control
Author
Series
Hatfords and Malloys volume 9
Pub. Date
2008, c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Once again the Hatford brothers and the Mallory sisters find themselves pitted against each other when embarrassing pictures of the boys turn up in the girls' basement, and the boys try to figure out how to get them back.
Author
Series
Baseball great novels volume 3
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
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
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
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Description
Teenager Biddy Owens' 1948 journal about working for the Birmingham Black Barons includes the games and the players, racism the team faces from New Orleans to Chicago, and his family's resistance to his becoming a professional baseball player. Includes a historical note about the evolution of the Negro Leagues.
48) Blockade Billy
Author
Pub. Date
p2010
Description
A retired coach recounts the story of "Blockade Billy" Blakely, known for his skills as a catcher and also as a formidable batter, the only player to have his record erased from baseball history, and his time with the New Jersey Titans.
50) Mr. Baseball
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A Little Leaguer suffers the enthusiastic activities of his baseball-loving five-year-old brother.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
"Digger wants to play baseball with his friends. But he isn't allowed to go out until he's cleaned his room. Digger starts cleaning at top speed, but the faster he moves the messier his room gets. His big tail and big feet aren't helping! Will Digger win the race to tidy his room and get to the game on time?"--Publisher's statement on Amazon.com.
52) Safe at Home
Author
Series
Comeback kids volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Playing baseball was the one thing that made twelve-year-old Nick Crandall feel at home until he found acceptance with adoptive parents, but he faces a new struggle to fit in when he becomes the first seventh-grader ever to make the varsity baseball team.
53) Grandmas At Bat
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Pip's two grandmothers, who cannot agree on anything, take over coaching her baseball team and create chaos.
55) 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.
59) 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.
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.