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1) 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...
4) 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.
5) 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.
6) 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
Series
Game changers volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Ben and his friends, the Core Four Plus One, are so excited to play in their town's All-Star Baseball league. But in the first game of the season Ben gets hit by a pitch. It's never happened to him before and it shakes him up. Another player on Ben's team, Justin, is acting really weirdly. Ben has known Justin for a while and they're friendly but he's not one of Ben's closest "boys." Justin is the team's best hitter but his behavior on and off the...
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
Ballpark Mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
While visiting New York's Yankee Stadium with Kate's mother, cousins Mike and Kate decide to investigate the rumor that the ghost of Babe Ruth is haunting the stadium.
Author
Series
Ballpark Mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Cousins Mike and Kate are at Boston's Fenway Park when the Red Sox's star hitter discovers that his lucky baseball bat has been stolen.
11) The Only game
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.
12) 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"--
14) 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.
15) 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...
17) 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"--
18) 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.
20) Strike zone
Author
Series
Heat volume 2
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Nick García dreams of winning MVP of his summer baseball league, of finding a cure for his sister, of meeting his hero, Yankee pitcher Michael Arroyo, and of no longer living in fear of the government and ICE agents.
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