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Author
Lexile Measure
970L
Summary
Nine-year-old Trisha McFarland, lost in the woods after she wanders off to escape the bickering between her mom and her brother, boosts her courage by imagining that her hero, Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Tom Gordon, is with her, helping her survive an unknown enemy.
3) Soar
Author
Lexile Measure
510L
Summary
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.
4) Satch & me
Author
Series
Baseball card adventures volume 7
Lexile Measure
660L
Summary
Joe uses his ability to travel through time using vintage baseball cards to take his coach Flip with him to find out whether Satchel Paige really was the fastest pitcher ever.
7) Golden arm
Author
Lexile Measure
690L
Summary
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.
Author
Lexile Measure
350L
Summary
Baseball season has arrived and Mo Jackson is all set to play with his team, the Lions. But Mo always bats last, and he always plays right field-- and no balls ever come to right field. Mo wants to get a home run, but he keeps striking out. His team is losing! Will Mo ever get his chance to help the Lions win?
Author
Summary
Seth and Jimmy have the kind of friendship you can't put into words-the kind you think only happens in books and movies. They both live and breathe baseball, but while Seth struggles to be good enough to make the varsity team, Jimmy, a natural, looks like he's on is way to becoming a major league star someday. 0n and off the field, their passion for "A the game gets them through some of life's bitterest struggles and unites them in a once in a lifetime...
11) Willie & me
Author
Series
Baseball card adventures volume 12
Lexile Measure
660L
Summary
Joe "Stosh" Stoshack uses his power to time travel using baseball cards to go back to 1951, when Bobby Thomson hit the famous "Shot Heard 'Round the World" home run to win the National League pennant for the New York Giants.
14) I got it!
Author
Summary
In this wordless picture book, a young outfielder imagines all the terrifying ways he might not catch the baseball, and one way that he can.
15) Force out
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Lexile Measure
760L
Summary
"When Joey has to compete with his best friend, Zach, for a single spot on an elite baseball team, he is forced to decide how far he is willing to go to win"--
16) Summerland
Author
Lexile Measure
950L
Summary
Ethan Feld, the worst baseball player in the history of the game, finds himself recruited by a 100-year-old scout to help a band of fairies triumph over an ancient enemy.
17) The grip
Author
Series
Marcus Stroman volume 1
Lexile Measure
640L
Summary
Marcus, a young baseball pitcher, learns that perfect games only come with a lot of practice--and some strikeouts.
18) New kid
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014
Lexile Measure
710L
Formats
Summary
"A troubled kid finds his bearings in a new school after a baseball coach offers him a spot on the team"--
19) Plunked
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Lexile Measure
640L
Summary
Sixth-grader Jack Mogens loses his nerve after getting hit by a pitch, and has to dig deep within himself to avoid giving up the sport he loves.