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. 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: Dec. 1, 2011
"Any hockey fan will revel in these profiles of most valuable players, especially the oldsters that stir such memories--all those goals, all those broken noses. (Nonfiction. 12 & up)"
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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CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 15, 2011
"Thinly clad in the guise of a novel, this self-help book for kids with epilepsy offers a positive message but is unremarkable literarily. (Self-help fiction. 9-14)"
A teen with epilepsy has fantastic basketball skills, honed by years of relentless practice, but still struggles frequently with his condition.
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