Author : Matt Christopher
Publisher : Norwood House Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 29,35 MB
Release : 2008-07-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1599532131
Sylvester Coddmyer III is having a dismal baseball season until he takes advice from a mysterious ex-ballplayer named Cheeko and starts to play more aggressively.
Author : Matt Christopher
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 29,54 MB
Release : 2009-12-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0316093785
Sylvester Coddmyer III, star of "The Kid Who Only Hit Homers" and "Return of the Home Run Kid" is about to face his biggest challenge yet. He sprains his ankle and wonders how he will hit homers--or even singles--when every swing means pain.
Author : Matt Christopher
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 21,89 MB
Release : 2014-03-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0316248401
The Little League World Series is within reach Two weeks of intense competition remain to decide the final teams for the Little League World Series. This year, the anticipation is high as it's possible that both of the previous final two teams will return, a very rare occurrence. And those are the teams Carter and Liam now play for! These two players, one from each team, are thinking the same thought: How can I play against my best friend? Join Liam and Carter as they work their way to the Little League World Series in this thrilling series.
Author : Robert Burleigh
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 20,29 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780152045999
A poetic account of the legendary Babe Ruth as he prepares to make a home run.
Author : Matt Christopher
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,8 MB
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0316088560
Home run slugger Sylvester Coddmyer the Third has an amazing secret. For three seasons, he's been coached by men who look exactly like baseball legends: Babe Ruth, Eddie Cicotte, and Mickey Mantle. Are these men just impersonating famous ballplayers, as his friend Duane insists? Or are they from the "beyond," as Snooky Malone believes? The mystery deepens in this fourth title of the exciting Home Run Kid series when yet another character from baseball's past appears to coach Syl. But is Syl the only one getting pointers? And will Snooky ever get to the bottom of this mystery?
Author : Matt Christopher
Publisher : Norwood House Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 17,20 MB
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1599533545
Chico, a native of Puerto Rico and an excellent swimmer, joins the Royals baseball team but has trouble making friends with String, the most popular member of the team.
Author : Matt Christopher
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 11,57 MB
Release : 2009-12-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0316096016
Over one million copies sold! A baseball fan learns the true meaning of success in this beloved classic that will capture the imaginations of a new generation of young readers. Sylvester loves baseball, but he isn't exactly what you'd call a good hitter. Even though he wants nothing more than to join his neighborhood team, the Hooper Redbirds, he's sure he'll never do anything more than warm the bench. But then he meets the mysterious Mr. Baruth who promises to make Sylvester one of the best players ever. Suddenly, Sylvester goes from the worst player on the team to the kid who can only hit homers. With his overnight success, however, come tough questions. Will Sylvester ever learn the true meaning of teamwork? And what will happen when he has to learn to stand on his own? This beloved story about baseball, confidence, perseverance, and being a good teammate is a modern classic and sure to win over a new generation of young sports fans.
Author : Steven A. Falco
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 42,1 MB
Release : 2018-12-21
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 153205209X
TJ and Jonathan are teen-age friends and teammates on the JV baseball team. Like many young people growing up in America in the late sixties, they have heroes. For TJ, who is white, it is Mickey Mantle, the aging star of the New York Yankees. For Jonathan, who is black, it is Martin Luther King Jr., the leader of the civil rights movement. Unfortunately, 1968 is a bad year for heroes and—America. Their friendship is strained to the breaking point when Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated. Jonathan, who is devastated by the murder, blames all white people, TJ included. TJ then has to struggle through the challenges of the JV baseball season in his racially-torn town, without the support of his friend. Is there anything that can repair their broken bond? Would it take still another American tragedy?
Author : Matt Christopher
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 28,91 MB
Release : 2009-12-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 031609479X
Twelve-year-old Danny thinks that there is something very familiar about the girl who plays shortstop on the team he faces during the championship series, and his curiosity leads him to a surprising discovery about his own adoption.
Author : Tanner Ryan
Publisher : Little Genius Books
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 25,5 MB
Release : 2021-09-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781953344250
Take kids out to their very first ballgame in this adorable storybook for our youngest fans! The bases are loaded as two more Cows get on base. It’s the clean-up hitter against the Bears’ pitching ace! This charming, illustrated sports book for toddlers features the game of the year: the Cows vs. the Bears! Each spread introduces baseball terms, gear, players, and umps within the context of the story of a nine-inning game between all-animal teams. Read along as the Cow shortstop leaps for an inning-ending catch, a Bear runner slides home . . . “Safe!” . . . all culminating in a bottom-of-the-ninth showdown that is the epitome of a never-to-be-forgotten baseball classic!
