Choosing Up Sides Contributor(s): Ritter, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0698118405 ISBN-13: 9780698118409 Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $5.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2000 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: To Luke's father, baseball is "the devil's game" -- but to Luke, it's salvation. Preacher's boy Luke Bledsoe is a left-hander in a right-handed world. Moved from town to town, he's spent his whole life feeling like an outsider. Until by chance he steps on a baseball field and discovers he can pitch. Really pitch. There's only one problem: his father. Reverend Bledsoe believes that the left side is the side of Satan and the baseball field is the Devil's playground. Luke has spent his whole life trying to please his father. Will he choose to give up the game he's come to love -- or turn his back on his family? |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation - Baseball - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - General (see Also Headings Under Family) - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Parents |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 97039779 |
Lexile Measure: 670 |
Physical Information: 0.47" H x 5.06" W x 7.86" (0.30 lbs) 166 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1920's - Cultural Region - Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Ohio |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 28283 Reading Level: 4.2 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: When preacher's boy Luke Bledsoe steps on a baseball field, he discovers he has real pitching talent. For once, he can be proud of being left-handed. But Reverend Bledsoe believes that the left side is the side of Satan and the baseball field is the Devil's playground. Luke has spent his whole life trying to please his father. Will he choose to give up the game he's come to love-or turn his back on his family? An ALA Best Book for Young Adults 1999 IRA Children's Book Award A BCCB Blue Ribbon Book |