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1) Golden arm
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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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.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Sixteen-year-old Danny searches for his identity amidst the confusion of being half-Mexican and half-white while spending a summer with his cousin and new friends on the baseball fields and back alleys of San Diego County, California.
3) High Heat
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Like the game of baseball, life is quirky and unpredictable, as Shane Hunter discovers in the spring of his sophomore year. Suddenly and without warning his life of privilege is turned upside down. And just as suddenly, life begins to seem utterly without fairness or purpose to him.
Exciting, well-written sports scenes transport readers right into the stands while complex issues engage their hearts and minds. For here is a novel of loss, of morality,...
Exciting, well-written sports scenes transport readers right into the stands while complex issues engage their hearts and minds. For here is a novel of loss, of morality,...
6) Heroine
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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"When a car crash sidelines Mickey just before softball season, she has to find a way to hold on to her spot as the catcher for a team expected to make a historic tournament run. Behind the plate is the only place she's ever felt comfortable, and the painkillers she's been prescribed can help her get there. The pills do more than take away pain; they make her feel good. With a new circle of friends--fellow injured athletes, others with just time to...
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This video covers a variety of strategies for the competitive youth baseball coach. Marty Schupak has drawn on his years of coaching and shared strategies with some of the most successful youth baseball coaches around who have won championships. Addressed are the most common strategic situations that occur in youth baseball games. Covered are cutoffs, back up situations, first and third offensive and defensive situations, the delayed steal, bunting...
9) Play ball
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Publisher
Oni Press
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
145 p. : chiefly ill. ; 24 cm.
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English
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Traces Dashiell Brody's struggle to join the boys' baseball team at her new school.
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When it comes to baseball glory, no other team comes close to the New York Yankees, winners of forty American League pennants and twenty-seven World Series championships. Amazing Tales from the Yankee Dugout is a compilation of the funniest, strangest, and most unique stories, anecdotes, and tall tales that have been attributed to baseball's legendary New York Yankees through the years. Fans will gain new insights about the famed Bronx Bombers...
11) Tales from the Philadelphia Phillies Dugout: a Collection of the Greatest Phillies Stories Ever Told
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Since 1883, the Philadelphia Phillies have been up, down, and all around. Most recently, thanks to Charlie Manuel, the Phillies have become a National League powerhouse, with four NL East titles, two pennants and the 2008 World Series championship to show for it. In Tales from the Philadelphia Phillies Dugout Rich Westcott takes readers behind the scenes into the glorious, quirky, and victorious stories that make this team the legend it is....
12) Swinging at love
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Outfielder Tristan Murrell has a problem. As the number two slugger for the Suttonville Sentinels, his team is counting on him to make their very first run at the state championship. But he has a secret-- his swing has totally deserted him. As in, he can't hit anything. He needs to fix the issue, and fast, but how? Ballerina Alyssa Kaplan has a problem, too. The shiny new sports complex in town has left her family's batting cage business on the verge...
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Sports fans: dive in! Join us as we celebrate some spectacular sports moments in history. There will be surprising statistics and times when you will be amazed at these numbers - and the stories behind them! Developed by Timothy Rasinski and featuring TIME content, this nonfiction book includes essential text features like an index, captions, glossary, and table of contents. The intriguing sidebars, fascinating images, and detailed Reader's Guide...
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In Game of My Life New York Yankees, everyone from stars to supersubs offers personal stories revealing the obstacles they had to overcome in order to succeed on sports' biggest stage. Some of the biggest names to ever don the pinstripes are captured in personal portraits here, from Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera to Don Mattingly, Reggie Jackson, Ron Guidry, and all the way back to Yogi Berra and Tommy Henrich. Along with taking readers behind the...
16) The Turnaround
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting to engage reluctant readers! Justin has always been a big fan of Mason Falls High School's baseball team, the Lions-even though they are the worst in their division. But this season, the Lions are playing surprisingly well under the new coach. Almost too well to believe. Justin wonders if the new coach has simply whipped the players into shape, or if something else...
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So You Think You're a Philadelphia Phillies Fan? tests and expands your knowledge of Phillies baseball. Rather than merely posing questions and providing answers, you'll get details behind each-stories that bring to life players and coaches, games and seasons.
This book is divided into multiple parts, with progressively more difficult questions in each new section. Along the way, you'll learn more about the great Phillies players and coaches of the...
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Whether they wore white stockings or blue helmets, the baseball players of Chicago's North Side have always had great stories to tell. Now fans of this loveable franchise will finally get to hear from twenty-eight of the best players as they relive that singular moment which defined their Cubs career. In this newly updated edition of Game of My Life Chicago Cubs, veteran sportswriter Lew Freedman brings readers off the bench and onto the field with...
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Since their founding in 1969, the Kansas City Royals have provided memorable moments to generations of fans in America's heartland and beyond.
Miracle Moments in Kansas City Royals History is the ultimate tribute book for die-hard fans of the team from the City of Fountains. Jeff Deters recounts the most memorable moments in Royals history, including:
• Steve Busby's throwing two no-hitters in each of his first two season, a first for a big-leaguer;
•...
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More than twenty former and current Philadelphia Phillies players share their fondest single-game experience and memories with author Bob Gordon. Many of the moments celebrate the extraordinary events that have shaped the Phillies' rich heritage. Curt Simmons, John Vukovich, Kevin Jordan, Del Unser, Doug Glanville, and Tug McGraw are just a few of the legendary Phillies stars who discuss the games of their lives. Even Phillie Phanatics I and II join...
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