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Choosing Up Sides
Contributor(s): Ritter, John (Author)
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
 
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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