CHILDREN'S
Released: Feb. 21, 2012
"Nourishing fare for Matt Christopher graduates. (Sports fiction. 10-12)"
A boy takes first steps on the road to physical and emotional recovery from a bout with polio, thanks to help from a solid new friend and a baseball hero.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Jan. 12, 2012
"Altogether, this is an amusing if undemanding account of the typical fourth-grade problems the athletically ungifted face as they make their way through school. (Fiction. 8-11)"
Fourth grader Mason Dixon, in his third series outing, earnestly stumbles from one potential disaster to another, many involving his total basketball ineptitude.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Jan. 3, 2012
"Still, what baseball fan won't thrill at this game that included the likes of the Brown Bomber, Willie "the Devil" Wells and the Tan Cheetah? (Historical fiction. 8-12)"
Some of the best-ever baseball players face off in 1934 at the second annual Negro League All-Star game in Chicago.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Dec. 15, 2011
"Not for the casual fan, but a work that can be joyfully shared by young baseball enthusiasts with parents and grandparents, who will add their own memories of favorite players of later eras. Lovingly nostalgic. (Informational picture book/poetry. 9 & up)"
Baseball legends of yesteryear come alive more or less alphabetically in Nash's pithy verses.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 2011
"Read aloud or alone, the storytelling and illustrations work well together, creating a memorable, satisfying whole. (Picture book. 5-9)"
Finn, a fisherman's son, befriends a seal who becomes his selkie friend until she gives up her human life to rescue him in a storm.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 20, 2011
"Authenticity and texture combined with well-paced football action make for another solid outing from Lupica. (Fiction 10-14)"
A 12-year-old halfback with a huge passion for football fights to keep his team on the field.
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