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3) The natural
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Gifted baseball player Roy Hobbs, his career derailed by a youthful indiscretion, makes a stunning comeback in later life, but finds himself still struggling against the temptations that would bring him to ruin.
4) Calico Joe
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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.
5) Play ball
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Martha's an expert at playing catch, but her friend Truman is not; can a dog teach a human new tricks?
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
[2013]
Lexile measure
480L
Language
English
Description
Danny is not sure what to make of Calvin Waffle, a quirky and smart new fourth grader, but when Danny convinces Calvin to use his brain power to help the baseball team, they both have a chance to become heroes.
8) The DH
Author
Series
The Triple Threat volume 3
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Embarking on a baseball season marked by his parents' divorce, Alex is confronted by unexpected rival Matt, a disgraced athlete who has been given another chance after taking steroids and who wants to steal the affections of Alex's crush.
Author
Series
Home Team volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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.
10) Batting order
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
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?
Author
Series
Ballpark mysteries volume 11
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2015.
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Description
"When Mike and Kate visit Detroit, someone is blackmailing the Tigers' famous slugger, Tony Maloney"--
12) Soar
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Moving to Hillcrest, Ohio, when his adoptive father accepts a temporary job, twelve-year-old Jeremiah, a heart transplant recipient, has sixty days to find a baseball team to coach.
13) Play ball!
Author
Series
Little league volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown & Co
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old cousins who are closer than most brothers, catcher Liam McCarthy and pitcher Carter Jones grew up playing baseball together. Now, their team is on the verge of winning the greatest championship of all: the Little League Baseball World Series. To reach the title match, however, they must first beat their number one rivals from Southern California. Little do they know that the game will prove to be just the first challenge they'll face...
14) Snow in August
Author
Publisher
Back Bay Books, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In Brooklyn in the late 1940s, adolescent Michael Devlin is a dutiful son to his widowed mother and a conscientious altar boy at the parish church. One day, he meets Rabbi Judah Hirsch, a chance encounter that inaugurates a friendship with vast consequences, good and bad, for both of them. Michael lost his father in the war, and the rabbi, a recent immigrant to this country, lost his wife. The threads of their connection widen and strengthen as the...
Author
Series
Ballpark Mysteries volume 12
Publisher
A Stepping Stone Book/Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Cousins Mike and Kate set out to catch the person who is selling counterfeit baseball shirts in the Texas Rangers' ballpark.
Author
Series
Ballpark mysteries volume 14
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When a beloved Dalmation goes missing while cousins Mike and Kate are in St. Louis for a Cardinals game, they rush to investigate and find a ransom note.
18) Baseball genius
Author
Series
Baseball Genius volume 1
Publisher
Jeter Children's/Aladdin
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"An average kid with an above average talent for predicting baseball pitches tries to help his favorite player out of a slump"--
19) Walk-off
Author
Series
Derek Jeter volume 10
Publisher
Jeter Children's/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
In the tenth book in the New York Times bestselling middle grade series inspired by the life of iconic New York Yankee Derek Jeter, young Derek and his friends persevere through everyday challenges.
Derek Jeter dreams of being the shortstop for the New York Yankees. He even imagines himself in the World Series. So Derek makes his case to be shortstop, but realizes winning is hard.
With his dad, Derek works hard practicing and makes sure he keeps...
20) Hit & Miss
Author
Series
The Contract volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Young Derek Jeter's friendship with a new student puts him at odds with his friends and seems to be hurting his baseball swing, plus he gets in trouble for confronting a student who is bullying his sister, in violation of the contract with his parents.
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