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61) Balletball
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Nini loves ballet, not sports, so when her mother signs her up to play baseball she sulks until the coach explains how baseball and ballet can go together--and when a timely plié in the outfield saves the game she realizes that "balletball" is really not so bad after all.
62) Batter up!
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Caleb, who has always used a wood bat, has to use an aluminum bat and struggles to hit the ball.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Posnanski writes of major moments that created legends, and of forgotten moments almost lost to time. It’s Willie Mays’s catch, Babe Ruth’s called shot, and Kirk Gibson’s limping home run; the slickest steals; the biggest bombs; and the most triumphant no-hitters. But these are also moments raw with the humanity of the game, the unheralded heroes, the mesmerizing mistakes drenched in pine tar, and every story, from the immortal to the obscure,...
Author
Series
Hardy Boys clue book volume 2
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When the Bayport Bandits' playbook goes missing before their first big baseball game, Frank and Joe set out to discover what happened to it.
65) The contract
Author
Series
The contract (Derek Jeter) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Formats
Description
In Kalamazoo, Michigan, eight-year-old Derek Jeter, who dreams of playing for the New York Yankees, learns what it takes to be a champion on and off the field.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 15
Description
On an overcast September day in 1993, Jim Abbott took the mound at Yankee Stadium and threw one of the most dramatic no-hitters in major-league history. The game was the crowning achievement in an unlikely success story, unseen in the annals of professional sports. In Imperfect, the one-time big-league ace retraces his remarkable journey.
Author
Series
Little league volume 2
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Description
"Cousins Liam and Carter work hard to earn positions on their regional All Star baseball teams"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Presents a comprehensive history of the game of baseball and includes full-color and vintage photographs of early teams and players along with information on equipment and uniforms used over the decades, stadiums, World Series heroes, and more.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 12
Formats
Description
In 1971, a small-town high school baseball team from rural Illinois playing with hand-me-down uniforms and peace signs on their hats defied convention and the odds. Led by an English teacher with no coaching experience, the Macon Ironmen emerged from a field of 370 teams to become the smallest school in Illinois history to make the state final, a distinction that still stands. There, sporting long hair, and warming up to Jesus Christ Superstar, the...
75) Golden arm
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Formats
Description
Lazarus Weathers, a high school senior from the wrong side of the tracks, seeks to protect his half-brother while pitching his way out of poverty, one strike at a time.
77) Play ball!
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
When George has trouble playing baseball at school, Madame Gazelle offers to help.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
All William Ellsworth Hoy wanted to do was play baseball. After losing out on a spot on the local deaf team, William practiced even harder--eventually earning a position on a professional team. But his struggle was far from over. In addition to the prejudice Hoy faced, he could not hear the umpires' calls. One day he asked the umpire to use hand signals: strike, ball, out. That day he not only got on base but also changed the way the game was played...
79) Grand slam
Author
Series
Baseball genius volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Jalen DeLuca can analyze and predict almost exactly what a pitcher is going to pitch, but without the statistics he has on the pro players, Jalen finds success to be extremely challenging, especially with all the extra drama of his mom coming back into his life.
Author
Series
Ballpark mysteries. Main series volume 11
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"When Mike and Kate visit Detroit, someone is blackmailing the Tigers' famous slugger, Tony Maloney"--