| The Boy Who Saved Baseball Contributor(s): Ritter, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0142402869 ISBN-13: 9780142402863 Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2005 Annotation: Tom Gallagher finds himself in a tight spot. The fate of Dillontown rests on the outcome of one baseball game, winner take all. Maybe Tom has one hope: Cruz de la Cruz, the mysterious boy who has just ridden into town on horseback claiming to know the secret of hitting. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation - Baseball - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship - Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles - Country Life |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2002015792 |
| Lexile Measure: 660 |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 5.2" W x 7.72" (0.37 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Small Town - Geographic Orientation - California |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 70572 Reading Level: 4.4 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Tom Gallagher is in a tight spot. The fate of the Dillontown team rests on the outcome of one baseball game, winner take all. If Tom's team loses, they lose their field too. But how can they possibly win? Just when everything seems hopeless, a mysterious boy named Cruz de la Cruz rides into town and claims to know the secret of hitting. Not to mention the secrets of Dante Del Gato, Dillontown's greatest hitter ever. Since he walked away from the game years ago, Del Gato hasn't spoken a word to anyone. But now he might be Tom's only hope for saving his hometown. From the award-winning author of Over the Wall and Choosing Up Sides comes this imaginative tale of one boy's struggle to preserve the spirit of the game he loves. |