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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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An adaptation for children of the tale of a girl's experiences while lost on the Appalachian Trail, certain she is being followed by some beastly thing, but comforted by imaginary conversations with her favorite baseball player.
2) Double play
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English
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From the author of Slow Heat, The Trouble with Paradise, and the Lucky Harbor novels...
Pace Martin is the ace pitcher for the Pacific Heat. He's got the arm, the experience and the wins. He's also got the pain, the pressure, and the possible end of his career looming over him. The last thing he needs now is a distraction, even if it comes in the form of a tough, beautiful, tell-it-like-it-is writer who sees past his defenses.
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Pace Martin is the ace pitcher for the Pacific Heat. He's got the arm, the experience and the wins. He's also got the pain, the pressure, and the possible end of his career looming over him. The last thing he needs now is a distraction, even if it comes in the form of a tough, beautiful, tell-it-like-it-is writer who sees past his defenses.
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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Eighth-grader Molly's ability to throw a knuckleball earns her a spot on the baseball team, which not only helps her feel connected to her recently deceased father, who loved baseball, it helps in other aspects of her life, as well.
4) No relief
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Seventh-grader Javon is the relief pitcher for his summer league baseball team and they are in the championship tournament--trouble is there is one player on the team they are playing that he cannot seem to get out.
6) All of me
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Love between the bases novels volume 1
Language
English
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After a meltdown during a major league game, pitcher Caleb Hart is sent back home, and, with the help of the beautiful mayor's assistant, must improve his town's team's image while trying to keep his family together and his ex-con father out of trouble.
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Gabby Garcia's ultimate playbook volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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When her school is shut down due to an asbestos problem, all-star pitcher Gabby Garcia is sent to an upscale private school that already has a star pitcher, and to make matters worse, she has trouble making friends and finding her place.
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Boxcar children volume 122
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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The Aldens help out at a minor league stadium and investigate when it appears someone in the ballpark is stealing the home team pitcher's signals and relaying them to the batters of the other team.
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Johnny Adcock mysteries volume 2
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English
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Relief pitcher/private investigator Johnny Adcock doesn't have an office; he has the bullpen. That's where he sits shelling sunflower seeds when in walks a femme-fatale blonde claiming to be a TV reporter. She is Tiff Tate, the highly-paid stylist responsible for half the looks in Major League Baseball, from Brian Wilson's beard to Big Papi's gold ropes. Tiff has a problem. Yonel Ruiz-the rookie phenom who infamously escaped from Cuba by surviving...
12) The pitcher
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Publisher
Koehler Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
13) Sit, stay, love
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English
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"Take one abrasive professional athlete, a quirky out-of-work schoolteacher, and an overweight geriatric dog, and you're ready for a lesson in love...Tippy style. Pro baseball pitcher Cal Crawford is not a dog guy. When he inherits his deceased mother's elderly dog, Tippy, he's quick to call on a pet-sitting service. Gina isn't thrilled to be a dog sitter when her aspirations lie in the classroom. Furthermore, she can't abide the unfriendly Cal, a...
14) Foul play
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Series
Sofie Metropolis mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
15) The setup man
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Series
Johnny Adcock mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Johnny Adcock is an aging Major League pitcher with the perfect retirement plan--he moonlights as a private investigator. Major League Baseball, as it turns out, is a prime source of employment for a philosophically inclined, discreet detective who has both the brains and the brawn to handle the unique problems of professional athletes. What sounds like the standard story of a pro athlete's marriage gone sour quickly turns into the most dangerous...