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1) Shoeless Joe
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 13
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A dreamer builds a baseball diamond amid the Iowa cornfields and waits for the outstanding, but dead, baseball players of the past to show up for a very special game.
2) Calico Joe
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 7
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In this novel, the careers of a golden boy rookie hitter for the Cubs and a hard-hitting Mets pitcher take very different paths. The baseball is thrilling, but it is what happens off the field that makes this story a classic.
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"When pro baseball player Chase Walker first meets Amanda at her restaurant, it's love at first sight. While Amanda can't help noticing the superstar with the Greek-god-build, he doesn't have a chance of getting to first--or any other--base with her. A successful entrepreneur who's built her business from scratch, Amanda doesn't need a Prince Charming to sweep her off her feet. And a curvy girl who likes to cook and eat isn't interested in being around...
4) Sizzling
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Series
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A former professional baseball pitcher and owner of the family sports bar, Reid Buchanan attracts all the women around him, except for his grandmother's nurse, Lori Johnston, a woman determined to remain professional at all costs.
7) Dare to play
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Dare nation volume 3
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"Pitcher, Jaxon Prescott has a lot on his plate. Major League Baseball. Reputation as a player. And now? He's on the verge of losing it all. He didn't mean to sleep with his general manager's daughter or get into a brawl that was captured on camera. But his notoriety is a problem and everything he's worked for is at risk. What's a bad boy to do? Marry his sister's best friend to save his career, even if it's the opposite of everything he wants and...
9) Screwball
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The arrival of rookie Ron Kane, a solid all-around player, seems to have finally banished the curse that has gripped the Boston Red Sox for years, but the potential for a winning season is marred by a string of murders that seem to be stalking the team.
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The most famous baseball player in history, and the most enduring legend, Babe Ruth is remembered for his dramatic heroism not only on the baseball diamond but also in his life. Kal Wagenheim illustrates this larger than life athlete in his book Babe Ruth: His Life and Legends, and describes him as both a product of his childhood in Baltimore and of his formative years as a New York Yankee. Ruth struggled desperately with the dramatic contrast between...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Mamie "Peanut" Johnson had one dream: to play professional baseball. She was a talented player, but she wasn't welcome on the all-white Girls Pro Baseball League team due to the color of her skin. However, a greater opportunity came her way in 1953 when Johnson signed to play ball with the Negro Leagues' Indianoplis Clowns, becoming the only professional female pitcher to play on a men's team. During the three years she played with the team, her...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 18
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This biography examines the life and career of one of Major League Baseball's biggest legends. At 30, Brooklyn-born L.A. Dodger Sandy Koufax walked away from baseball, accomplishing all he wanted to while playing the game he loved. Adored by fans and his fellow athletes, he left behind an incredible legacy--one that southpaw pitchers have tried to live up to for decades.
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Eclipsing the traditional sports memoir, House of Nails, by former world champion, multimillionaire entrepreneur, and imprisoned felon Lenny Dykstra, spins a tragicomic tale of Shakespearean proportions -- a relentlessly entertaining American epic that careens between the heights and the abyss.
19) Heavy hitters
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Series
Game changers volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Ben and his friends, the Core Four Plus One, are so excited to play in their town's All-Star Baseball league. But in the first game of the season Ben gets hit by a pitch. It's never happened to him before and it shakes him up. Another player on Ben's team, Justin, is acting really weirdly. Ben has known Justin for a while and they're friendly but he's not one of Ben's closest "boys." Justin is the team's best hitter but his behavior on and off the...
20) Baseball
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Simple text and photographs introduce the sport of baseball.