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2) Jinxed!
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chad is thrilled to be a batboy for the Pine City Porcupines, even though the team is not doing well, his fellow batboy is less than thrilled about the job, and his favorite player seems to be jinxed.
3) Zip it!
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Pine City Porcupines' batboy Chad breaks an important unofficial rule of baseball: Do not talk to the starting pitcher when he has a perfect game going, the team may lose the game unless Chad can find a baseball card to help break the superstition.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 710L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Documents the story of the Baseball Hall of Fame honorees, tracing how the Acerra family of New Jersey formed their own semi-pro baseball team in the 1930s and became the longest-running all-brother team in history.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Casey lives with his father and grandfather at their family-run umpire school, and as he deals with middle school and his mother's unwelcome return, he stumbles on a sensational story that has him questioning his dream of becoming a journalist.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
490L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chad's job as a bat boy becomes complicated as tries to follow his parents rules, helps his friend Abby with a problem, and finds a card in his collection that might help pinch hitter Sammy find the running speed that will keep him on the team.
8) Babe & me
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Description
With their ability to travel through time using vintage baseball cards, Joe and his father have the opportunity to find out whether Babe Ruth really did call his shot when he hit that homerun in the third game of the 1932 World Series against the Chicago Cubs.
10) The go-kart race
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
60L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A photo-illustrated book for beginning readers that tells the story of a go-kart race. Who will win? Includes a photo diagram"--
11) The bike race
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
60L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A photo-illustrated book for beginning readers that tells the story of a BMX bike race. Who will win? Includes a photo diagram"--
12) The boat race
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
10L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A photo-illustrated book for beginning readers that tells the story of a high-speed power boat race. Who will win? Includes a photo diagram"--
14) The tractor race
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A photo-illustrated book for beginning readers that tells the story of a lawn mower race. Who will win this lawn tractor race? Includes a photo diagram"--
15) The car race
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
40L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A photo-illustrated book for beginning readers that tells the story of a NASCAR race. Who will win? Includes a photo diagram"--
17) Baseball Calling
Author
Language
English
Description
Baseball aficionado father can not let go of his dream of making it to the major leagues. He tirelessly trains his son, since the day his son was born, to follow his dream to become a baseball player. And why wouldn't he? Everyone knows how close he was to making it to the Major Leagues! Papi and Papito take you to both Yankee Stadium and Citifield, time travel from the '80s to the present, dodge fastballs and curveballs, all in pursuit of their...
18) Sacred stick
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Native American Kyle Cloud has always played lacrosse with an ancient stick that belonged to his great-great grandfather, and when it disappears after a game he is naturally upset--but when it comes back to him deliberately broken he must learn where his strength really comes from.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Diego Prado has spent most of his time on the Pines' bench. But when Danny O'Brien goes on the disabled list, Diego gets a chance to play-and he's on a winning streak! Danny wants one of Chad's "magic" baseball cards to get back in the game. Diego wants to keep playing. What's a batboy to do?|Kurtis Scaletta is the author of several well-received middle school novels, including the baseball-centric story Mudville, one of Booklist's 2009 Top 10 Sports...
20) Center field
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mike lives for baseball and hopes to follow his idol into the major leagues one day. But he is distracted by a new player who might take his place in center field, an ankle injury, problems at home, and a growing awareness that something sinister is happening at school.
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