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1) Heat
Author
Language
English
Description
Pitching prodigy Michael Arroyo is on the run from social services after being banned from playing Little League baseball because rival coaches doubt he is only twelve years old and he has no parents to offer them proof.
5) Balletball
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nina loves ballet, not sports, so when her mother signs her up to play baseball she sulks until the coach explains how baseball and ballet can go together--and when a timely plié in the outfield saves the game she realizes that "balletball" is really not so bad after all.
Author
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Trisha McFarland strays from the path while she and her recently divorced mother and brother take a hike along a branch of the Appalachian Trail. Lost for days, wandering farther and farther astray, Trisha has only her portable radio for comfort. A huge fan of Tom Gordon, a Boston Red Sox relief pitcher, she listens to baseball games and fantasizes that her hero will save her. Nature isn't her only adversary, though - something dangerous...
8) The grip
Author
Series
Marcus Stroman volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Marcus, a young baseball pitcher, learns that perfect games only come with a lot of practice--and some strikeouts.
10) Golden arm
Author
Language
English
Description
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.
11) The natural
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
c1952.
Language
English
Description
The Natural, Bernard Malamud's first novel, published in 1952, is also the firstand some would say still the bestnovel ever written about baseball. In it Malamud, usually appreciated for his unerring portrayals of postwar Jewish life, took on very different materialthe story of a superbly gifted "natural" at play in the fields of the old daylight baseball eraand invested it with the hardscrabble poetry, at once grand...
Author
Series
Feinstein John volume 4
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
While covering baseball's World Series between the Washington Nationals and the Boston Red Sox, teenage sports reporters Stevie and Susan Carol investigate a rookie pitcher whose evasive answers during an interview reveal more than a few contradictions in his life story.
13) Lucky Luis
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Luis is convinced that he will not perform well on the baseball field without following his unique pre-game ritual.
15) Softball setback
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
Sisters Emilia and Natalia love softball, and this year they will be playing on the same team; Emilia is an excellent and confident pitcher, and while Natalia is just as good when the two practice together, she lacks confidence and would sooner play catcher--but when Emilia hurts her ankle during a game, Natalia overcomes her reluctance and takes the mound as relief pitcher.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Oscar Indigo has never been good at baseball, so naturally he's nervous when he has to fill in for his team's injured All-Star, Lourdes. Luckily, Oscar has a mysterious gold watch that can stop time, which he uses to fake a game-winning home run. Now Oscar's the underdog hero of his town and even Lourdes wants to be his friend. But the universe is a precarious place, and you can't just steal time without any consequences. If Oscar doesn't find a way...
19) Lost Boy
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
From New York Times bestselling author Tim Green comes a captivating baseball story about one brave boy's search for a miracle. Perfect for fans of Mike Lupica.
Ever since Ryder could remember, it's always been just Ryder and his mom. But in one day, everything changes. Ryder's mom is in the hospital fighting for her life after being struck by a truck while crossing the street. When he learns that his mom will need an expensive operation to survive,...
20) Baseball blues
Author
Series
Alien next door volume 5
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When Zeke uses his powers to become a superstar on the youth baseball team, ignoring Harris's concern that this is cheating, their friendship is in trouble.
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