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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
Series
Little league volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown and Comany
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Liam has to prove himself to a team all over again now that he lives in California. Carter, on the other hand, is having his best season ever. That is, until a new pitcher hits the scene - Rachel joins the allb-boy team and shows she's a force to be reckoned with!
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.
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.
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...
10) Slugger
Author
Publisher
Amazon Children's Pub
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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.
12) Wild pitch
Author
Series
Backyard sports volume 1
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The Backyard Bombers, a pick-up team that plays on a sandlot, is getting ready for the big game against their biggest rivals, the Sluggin' Tigers, but first baseman Joey bosses his teammates around so much that their love of the game is fading fast.
13) Batter up Wombat
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An Australian wombat joins the Champs baseball team, and even though he is disastrously ignorant about the game, his innate talents save everyone when a tornado suddenly strikes.
14) Keystone kids
Author
Series
Baseball diamonds volume 3
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
[1987]
Language
English
Description
When two young brothers join the Brooklyn Dodgers, one becomes team manager and is faced with the task of uniting a team rife with dissension and prejudice against the new Jewish rookie catcher.
15) 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...
16) State showdown
Author
Series
Little league volume 3
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old cousins Carter Jones and Liam McGrath must both deal with grudges that threaten to break apart their All-Star teams during post-season play.
17) The batboy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Even though his mother feels baseball ruined her marriage to his father, she allows fourteen-year-old Brian to become a bat boy for the Detroit Tigers, who have just drafted his favorite player back onto the team.
18) Jack at bat
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The Lady and Rex have a baseball game against the Big City Brats. Jack is not allowed to swing the bat, so he is told to be the Bat Boy. That is, until the Lady Town Ladies and the Big City Brats are tied. It's up to Jack to hit a home run, but on the way to home plate he spots some snacks...
19) Rivals
Author
Series
Baseball great novels volume 2
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Josh looks forward to facing a true rival in the Baseball Hall of Fame tournament, but first he and his friends Jaden and Benji put themselves at great risk trying to expose the truth about a conspiracy to bribe the head umpire.
20) Batting order
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Matt Baker is the best all-rounder on his baseball team, but can he help Big Ben Roberson improve his hitting and stand up to his father?
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