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Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When her school is shut down due to an asbestos problem, all-star pitcher Gabby Garcia is sent to an upscale private school that already has a star pitcher, and to make matters worse, she has trouble making friends and finding her place.
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
An everyday kid with a talent for predicting baseball pitches is caught stealing baseballs from his favorite New York Yankees player, who agrees not to press charges if the boy will help him recover from a difficult batting slump.
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2003
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.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Casey lives with his father and grandfather at their family-run umpire school, and as he deals with middle school and his mother's unwelcome return, he stumbles on a sensational story that has him questioning his dream of becoming a journalist.
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
While covering baseball's World Series between the Washington Nationals and the Boston Red Sox, teenage sports reporters Stevie and Susan Carol investigate a rookie pitcher whose evasive answers during an interview reveal more than a few contradictions in his life story.
14) Zachary's ball
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Dad takes Zachary to his first Boston Red Sox game where they catch a ball and something magical happens.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2009], c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Hubie, who desperately wants to make the little league team in Spring, receives a new mitt from his mom and practices hard, but when he becomes sick, his big opportunity might escape him.
18) Cat at bat
Author
Publisher
Golden Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Louis, who loves baseball despite being the worst stickball player in White Plains, New York, sees his opportunity to be bat boy for the 1961 Yankees team as the perfect way to escape the problems of his father's remarriage and moving to the suburbs.