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2012, c2011., Back Bay Books Call No: SPORTS FICTION Edition: 1st Back Bay pbk. e Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Henry Skirmshander, the star of a small college team found on the shore of Lake Michigan, is overcome with self-doubt, which threatens his future; meanwhile, four others--including Henry's best friend and teammate, who realizes he has sacrificed his own dreams for his friend's, Henry's gay roommate, college president Guert Affenlight, and Guert's daughter--also find themselves forced to confront their own secrets.
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2012., Back Bay books Call No: Sports FIC Harbach Edition: 1st Back Bay Books pbk. ed. Genre: Sports Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When baseball college star Henry Skrimshander throws a baseball that goes off course, the fates of five people are changed forever. As the season progresses, a series of complicated events forces them all to confront their hopes, doubts, anxieties, and secrets.
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2004, Primary, Aladdin Call No: [E] Edition: 1st Aladdin ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Ready-to-read. Level 2, Childhood of famous AmericansSummary Note: Presents a fictionalized, true story of baseball legend Babe Ruth, in simple text with illustrations, wherein Seven-year-old George "Babe" Ruth, steals a dollar from father's saloon to buy ice cream for his friends.
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2015., Tundra Books Call No: [E] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: For his birthday, George gets tickets to see his favorite team, the New York Yankees, play the Boston Red Sox, but George is horrified when his mother makes him wear the Boston Red Sox baseball jersey and cap his uncle gave him to the game.
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2017., Juvenile, Jeter Children's/Aladdin Call No: FIC GREEN Edition: First Aladdin hardcover edition. Genre: Sports fiction Availability:5 of 5 At Location(s) Summary Note: An everyday kid with a talent for predicting baseball pitches is caught stealing baseballs from his favorite New York Yankees player, who agrees not to press charges if the boy will help him recover from a difficult batting slump.
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2017., Juvenile, Jeter Children's/Aladdin Call No: FIC GRE Edition: First Aladdin hardc Availability:1 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: An everyday kid with a talent for predicting baseball pitches is caught stealing baseballs from his favorite New York Yankees player, who agrees not to press charges if the boy will help him recover from a difficult batting slump.
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c2012., Doubleday Call No: SPORTS FICTION Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The careers of a golden boy rookie hitter for the Cubs and a hard-hitting Mets pitcher take very different paths.
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2013., Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks Call No: Sports FIC Grisham Edition: Bantam Books trade paperback ed. Genre: Sports Availability:6 of 7 At Location(s)
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2001., Houghton Mifflin Call No: SPORTS FICTION Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Joe Columbus, having grown up in the shadow of his now famous brother, C.J., the star third base player for the Chicago Cubs, is living a life tainted by self-doubt and jealousy until tragedy forces him to confront his own failings.
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[2018]., Pre-adolescent, 053000., Simon & Schuster Audio Edition: Unabridged. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Jalen DeLuca loves baseball. He's playing for his summer travel team and trying to win a regular spot in the rotation. But Jalen's got more then talent on the field. He's a baseball genius who can analyze and predict almost exactly what any pitcher is going to do with his next pitch. He can't quite explain how he knows, he just does. His unique ability helped him to save the career of New York Yankees star James 'JY' Yager, and now Jalen figures he'll be almost part of the team. Or will he?
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2018., Pre-adolescent, Jeter Children's, Aladdin Call No: FIC GREEN Edition: First Aladdin hardcover edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: When New York Yankee James "JY" Yager tries to show that he can still hit in the majors without the help of twelve-year-old Jalen's baseball genius, Jalen focuses on his own baseball career as he tries to carve out a spot with the Rockton Rockets.
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Ã1999 ., Pocket Books Call No: Suspense FIC KIN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Nine-year-old Trisha McFarland, lost in the woods after she wanders off to escape the bickering between her mom and her brother, boosts her courage by imagining that her hero, Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Tom Gordon, is with her, helping her survive an unknown enemy.
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[2000], c1999., Pocket Books Call No: 813 .54 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Nine-year-old Trisha McFarland, lost in the woods after she wanders off to escape the bickering between her mom and her brother, boosts her courage by imagining that her hero, Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Tom Gordon, is with her, helping her survive an unknown enemy.
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By Lupica, Mike2014., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: FIC LUPICA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Game changers Volume: [#3]Summary Note: 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 field is erratic. Ben discovers that Justin's parents are getting a divorce and Justin is thinking about quitting the team. Like good teammates do, Justin helps Ben deal with his issues at bat while Ben is there for his friend while his family is struggling.
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2016., Juvenile, Scholastic Press Call No: Gold Fiction ROBINSON Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Eight-year-old Steve Satlow is thrilled when Jackie Robinson moves into his Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn in 1948, although many of his neighbors are not, and when Steve actually meets his hero he is even more excited--and worried that a misunderstanding over a Christmas tree could damage his new friendship.
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-- Hero 2 doors down2016., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: F Rob Edition: 1st ed., February 2016. Genre: Historical fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Eight-year-old Steve Satlow is thrilled when Jackie Robinson moves into his Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn in 1948, although many of his neighbors are not, and when Steve actually meets his hero he is even more excited--and worried that a misunderstanding over a Christmas tree could damage his new friendship.
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-- Hero 2 doors down.2016., Juvenile, Scholastic Press Call No: FIC ROB Edition: First edition. Availability:6 of 6 At Location(s) Summary Note: Eight-year-old Steve Satlow is thrilled when Jackie Robinson moves into his Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn in 1948, although many of his neighbors are not, and when Steve actually meets his hero he is even more excited--and worried that a misunderstanding over a Christmas tree could damage his new friendship.
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2012., Primary, Candlewick Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An African American family in Cleveland, Ohio, listens on their new radio to the first game of the 1948 World Series, in which Larry Doby, the first black player in the American League, won the game for the Cleveland Indians.