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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Description
When fourteen-year-old baseball player Hutch feels threatened by the arrival of a new teammate named Darryl, he tries to work through his insecurities about both Darryl and his remote and silent father, who was once a great ballplayer too.
Author
Series
Baseball great novels volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
Determined to play in the Little League World Series, twelve-year-old Josh struggles to concentrate on his game and be the team's leader while also trying to cope with his parents' impending divorce.
3) Heat
Author
Series
Heat volume 01
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
940L
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.
4) Summerland
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 22
Lexile measure
950L
Language
English
Description
The ferishers, little creatures who ensure perfect weather for Summerland, recruit Ethan Feld, one of history's worst baseball players, to help them in their struggle to save Summerland, and ultimately the world, from giants, goblins, and other legendary, terrible creatures.
Author
Series
Aurora County trilogy volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
For most boys in a small Mississippi town, the biggest concern one hot summer is whether their annual July 4th baseball game will be cancelled due to their county's anniversary pageant, but after the death of the old man to whom twelve-year-old star pitcher House Jackson has been secretly reading for a year, House uncovers secrets about the man and the history of baseball in Aurora County that could fix everything.
Author
Series
King of the bench volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Follows the experiences of benchwarmer Steve, who struggles to conquer his fear of getting hit with a baseball before his first year on the school team is ruined.
Author
Series
Little league volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Cousins Liam and Carter work hard to earn positions on their regional All Star baseball teams"--
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Description
Sylvester Coddmyer III, a poor but enthusiastic baseball player, becomes a phenomenal hitter after he meets a mysterious stranger resembling Babe Ruth who offers to help him improve his batting skills.
9) Grand slam
Author
Series
Baseball genius volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
Jalen DeLuca can analyze and predict almost exactly what a pitcher is going to pitch, but without the statistics he has on the pro players, Jalen finds success to be extremely challenging, especially with all the extra drama of his mom coming back into his life.
Author
Series
Baseball Geeks adventures volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Description
"Baseball Geeks Joey, Kevin, and Omar find themselves in a tough situation when Kevin's dad tells the boys that he stole something very important from the baseball Hall of Fame. How will the boys get from Ohio to New York and save Kevin's dad from getting in serious trouble?"--Provided by publisher.
11) Skinnybones
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Description
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the first publication of Skinnybones, bestselling author Barbara Park has updated the text of this award-winning novel and made it even more hilarious. A whole new generation of kids will meet Alex "Skinnybones" Frankovich, the smallest player on his baseball team, who is famous for his big mouth. Alex knows he's gone too far when he brags his way into a battle of skills with T.J. Stoner, a cocky Little League...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Description
After they hear stories about their baseball field being haunted by the ghost of a boy who died there many years ago, twelve-year-old Nelson and his teammates start finding mysterious messages written in the dirt.
13) Baseball great
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
All twelve-year-old Josh wants to do is play baseball, but when his father, a minor league pitcher, signs him up for a youth championship team, Josh finds himself embroiled in a situation with potentially illegal consequences.
14) The batboy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
940L
Language
English
Description
It is every baseball kid's dream summer job: batboy for your hometown Major League team. Yet for fourteen year-old Brian, the job means more than just the chance to hang around his idols. Baseball was the job his father loved so much, in the end he couldn't leave it. Yet he could leave his family. Now Brian sees the job as the way to win back his father.There is no winning back some people, though. Just ask Hank Bishop?once the most popular player...
15) Slumpbuster
Author
Series
Super sluggers volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old slugger Banjo "The Great Walloper" Bishbash is overcome by a nasty hitting slump as he tries to lead the Rambletown Rounders to the division baseball championship.
16) Dugout rivals
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Jake, who was one of his mediocre baseball team's best players the previous season, unexpectedly finds himself overshadowed when a new player shows up and the team starts winning.
17) Plunked
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Description
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.
18) Satch & me
Author
Series
Baseball card adventures volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
With his ability to travel through time using vintage baseball cards, Joe takes Flip with him to find out whether Satchel Paige really was the fastest pitcher ever.
19) Curveball
Author
Series
Winning season volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grade baseball player Eddie Ventura listens to the sports announcer's voice in his head and gets into trouble when he writes a series of articles for the school paper.
Author
Series
Baby-sitters Club. Original series volume 89
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Description
Kristy is very busy and the new sponser for the baseball team put DIAPERS in huge, red letters on the uniforms. Maybe the new girl on the block can help her.
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