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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A lavishly illustrated edition of the famous poem, which was first published in 1888. This edition presents it as if found in a vintage scrapbook, complete with fictional news clippings and advertisements about baseball's early days.
8) Mike Trout
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Mike Trout is a ... MLB outfielder. Learn about his childhood and his rise to becoming a baseball superstar."--Back cover.
9) Calico Joe
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 7
Formats
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.
10) Jim Abbott
Author
Pub. Date
c1996
Description
A biography of the California Angels pitcher who has only one hand.
12) Miguel Cabrera
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Discusses the life of Miguel Cabrera, the MLB's baseball star and Triple Crown winner, from his childhood in Venezuela to his signing at 16 years old by the Florida Marlins after a contract bidding war, to his years with the Florida Marlins, and his trade to the Detroit Tigers.
13) 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.
14) Home run heroes
Author
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Presents the lives, on and off the baseball field, of two athletes whose battle for the home run record dominated sports headlines in 1998.
15) One perfect lie
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Formats
Description
"One Perfect Lie is an emotional thriller and a suburban crime story that will keep you guessing until you turn the very last page. On the surface, it tells the tale of the struggling single mother of a high-school pitcher, a shy kid so athletically talented that he's being recruited for a full-ride scholarship to a Division I college, with a future in major-league baseball. But the mother fears that she's losing her grip on her son because he's being...
16) The Natural
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 12
Description
Now an American baseball hero and a winner after a dark period, Roy finds the woman he thought he had lost. But he is up against corrupters, seducers, and glory destroyers. And he has to win the toughest game of his life.
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Formats
Description
"In a small town in Maine, recently widowed Eveleth "Evvie" Drake rarely leaves her house. Everyone in town, including her best friend, Andy, thinks grief keeps her locked inside, and she doesn't correct them. In New York, Dean Tenney, former major-league pitcher and Andy's childhood friend, is struggling with a case of the "yips": he can't throw straight anymore, and he can't figure out why. An invitation from Andy to stay in Maine for a few months...
19) Home in Carolina
Author
Series
Sweet magnolias series volume 5
Formats
Description
"Annie Sullivan had always envisioned returning to her hometown and starting a life with her childhood best friend, Tyler Townsend. But the Ty pursued a career in professional baseball and committed numerous infidelities--including an affair that ended with a three-year-old son on his doorstep. His betrayal cost her the family and the future they'd once planned. Now Annie is committed to her career as a physical therapist at the Corner Spa, the all-female...
20) Mike Trout
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Discusses the life of Mike Trout, an MLB star, his childhood in New Jersey to his selection by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the 2009 MLB Draft.