| The Home Run Kid Races on Lib/E Contributor(s): Christopher, Matt (Author), Swanson, Joshua (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1611136229 ISBN-13: 9781611136227 Publisher: Hachette Book Group OUR PRICE: $26.99 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: May 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation - Baseball - Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Home run slugger Sylvester Coddmyer the Third has an amazing secret. For three seasons, he's been coached by men who look exactly like baseball legends Babe Ruth, Eddie Cicotte, and Mickey Mantle. This time, Syl is visited by another baseball great, Ty Cobb. But can he trust this infamous baseball legend or should he follow his heart? |
Contributor Bio(s): Christopher, Matt: - Matt Christopher (1917-1997) was an American author of children's books. He was a gifted athlete as a youth and became interested in writing at age fourteen, but it was 1941 before he sold his first story, The Missing Finger Points, to Detective Story magazine. His first children's book, The Lucky Baseball Bat, was published in 1954. Christopher wrote more than one hundred books as well as nearly three hundred short stories and articles published in over sixty-five magazines for children and adults. He was awarded the 1993 Milner Award and numerous writing honors from state organizations. Swanson, Joshua: -Joshua Swanson is an actor and voiceover talent. He's worked in major motion pictures and television and as a voice talent has worked in all facets of the business. An award-winning audiobook narrator with over sixty titles to his name, Swanson has won five AudioFile Earphones Awards. |