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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
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Description
After moving from Chicago to Dallas in the spring of her sophomore year, fifteen-year-old Ella finds that joining the softball team at her private school not only helps her make friends, it also provides unexpected opportunities to learn and grow.
2) Golden arm
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
690L
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.
"Lazarus "Laz" Weathers has always been shy, and his issue with stuttering when he speaks hasn't helped. Stuck in a Seattle trailer park, Laz finds baseball helps him escape from the world of poverty and drugs. When he gets an opportunity to pitch for the rich kids across town, he...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Formats
Description
With her best friends pulling away from her, her newly-separated parents deciding she should spend the summer at her father's new home, and a babysitting job she does not want, Marley's life is already as precarious as an overfull water balloon when a cute boy enters the picture.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
The Belles of Baseball discusses how in the 1940s and 1950s, women broke traditional gender barriers by playing professional baseball, boosting morale during World War II and paving the way for future generations of female athletes. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Author
Series
PrettyTough novels volume 4
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Reformed mean girl Kylie Collins desperately wants to put the craziness of basketball season behind her and say sayonara to her cheater ex, Zachary Murphy. Maybe she'll finally be able to silence her dnarky steak and concentrate on her lifelong dream: being recruited for Division One softball. But when Kylie arrives at her first softball practice of the season, she comes face-to-face with her fiercest rival: Amber McDonald, the best pitcher in the...
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