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3) Heroine
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English
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"When a car crash sidelines Mickey just before softball season, she has to find a way to hold on to her spot as the catcher for a team expected to make a historic tournament run. Behind the plate is the only place she's ever felt comfortable, and the painkillers she's been prescribed can help her get there. The pills do more than take away pain; they make her feel good. With a new circle of friends--fellow injured athletes, others with just time...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Touchstone hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"A history of fastpitch softball from its beginnings as an industrial worker's game to an Olympic sport with millions of fans traces the larger-than-life stories of the women and men who popularized it, profiling some of its most famous athletes in a chronicle complemented by 16 pages of vintage photos,"--NoveList.
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Pub. Date
[2011]
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English
Description
Throw Like a Girl inspires, motivates, and answers questions on issues that are specific to being a female athlete. Finch's book addresses the entire life of today's girl-not just fitness or physical preparation, but how to integrate the lessons of sports into life.
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Series
Hank Zipzer volume 4
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
The pressure is on when Hank Zipzer is chosen as pitcher for the softball team at Public School 87's annual Olympiad, the most anticipated day of the school year.
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Series
My weirder-est school volume 10
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English
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A.J.'s class is going head-to-head against Dirk School in a charity softball game. The losing team must clean the winning school's toilet with a toothbrush! Mr. Ott, retired baseball pro, intends to lead Ella Mentry School to victory, but will his weird tactics actually make the team lose?
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Series
Baby-sitters Club. Original series volume 20
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English
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When she sees how much her little brother and young stepbrother and stepsister want to play softball, thirteen-year-old Kristy starts her own team, which makes up in spirit what it lacks in skill.
13) Roberto & me
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Series
Baseball card adventures volume 10
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Stosh travels back to 1969 to try to prevent the untimely death of Roberto Clemente, a legendary baseball player and humanitarian, but upon his return to the present, he meets his own great-grandson who takes him into the future, and what he finds there is more shocking than anything he has encountered in his travels to the past.
14) Team players
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Series
Home team novels volume 4
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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"A girl with Asperger's joins Cassie's softball team but not everyone on the team welcomes her, creating a rift between Cassie and her teammates"--
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Series
Critter club volume 18
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Little Simon hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
When Ellie joins a softball team, she quickly realizes that the sport is harder than it looks! Is she meant only for the stage, not the field? And what happens when Ellie goes searching in the woods near the field for a stray ball and finds an injured baby deer?!
16) Coming up short
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
Description
Seventh-grader Bea is the star short stop on her softball team, which is going to the league championship, but her world has just been turned upside down by the news that her father has been suspended from his law practice because he used some of his clients' money to pay bills; worse the news has been spread by another lawyer online, and that lawyer happens to be the father of Bea's almost boyfriend, Xander; now her fielding skills are slipping,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A fascinating journey through the history of America's favorite pastime With this interactive book, kids will discover how the game of baseball has changed over the years by reading about topics such as the dead ball era, World War II, segregation and integration, free agency, and the designated hitter. Along the way, young readers will enjoy quotes, stories, and amusing anecdotes from more than 175 former major leaguers and get an intimate look at...
18) Hooked on you
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Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"When her grandmother injures herself sliding into third base, Riley McAllister must return to her small hometown to help run the family yarn store in this sweet, lighthearted romantic comedy"--
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Series
Sammy Keyes mysteries volume 3
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English
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Description
Sammy continues to make life with her grandmother interesting as she tries to discover who is stealing from St. Mary's church, befriends a homeless girl, and plays in a softball tournament against a bitter rival.
Author
Series
Cupcake diaries volume 5
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Katie starts to realize that doing what you love always makes the batter sweeter.
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