| Super Slugger Contributor(s): Ripken, Cal, Jr. (Author), Cowherd, Kevin (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1423140044 ISBN-13: 9781423140047 Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $6.29 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation - Baseball - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Bullying - Juvenile Fiction | Boys & Men |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2012043426 |
| Lexile Measure: 810 |
| Series: Cal Ripken, Jr.'s All Stars |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.1" W x 7.4" (0.30 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Boy's Interest - Locality - Baltimore, Maryland - Geographic Orientation - Maryland |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 150346 Reading Level: 5.4 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 6.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A powerful tale of body positivity in sports by legendary short-stop and a veteran sportswriter Cal Ripkin. Cody Parker is the new kid in school. He's overweight, scared and hates his new life in Dullsville, Maryland, aka Baltimore, where he's a target okay, a big target for brutal teasing. But he loves baseball. And despite his size, he plays third base like a dream. Too bad he's competing for the starting job on the Orioles of the Dulaney Babe Ruth League against budding hoodlum Dante Rizzo, who vows to squeeze Cody's head like a grape if he beats him out. Life gets even more complicated when Cody's school, York Middle, is beset by a rash of mysterious thefts, a crime wave that threatens to sideline Cody and ruin a golden season for the Orioles. Will Cody ever succeed in getting people to see him for who he really is? |