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3) The hero two doors down: based on the true story of friendship between a boy and a baseball legend
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Jewish American Heritage Month: Kids (May 2023)
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Jewish American Heritage Month: Kids (May 2023)
SGD Books and Cookies Club
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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. 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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Game changers volume 3
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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...
6) Forced out
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Zack Waddell learns that a new player has been made a starter for financial reasons.
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Sea Breeze volume 5
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Enduring a long-distance relationship with the beautiful but hot-tempered Eva after landing a baseball scholarship, Cage resolves to prove his worth when he learns that Eva has been consoling herself in the arms of another man.
9) Hardball
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Baseball season has begun for the South Coast Sharks. As a senior, Griffin has college in his sights and plans to land himself a baseball scholarship. His determination causes him to turn a blind eye to the hazing of new players by the team captain, Wade. But when Griffin senses that his cousin Carson is getting the brunt of Wade's aggression, Griffin finally stands up to him. Soon after, steroids are found in Carson's locker, and he's kicked off...
11) Baseball blowup
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Malcolm loves baseball and science, but his teammates are not always pleased with the ideas he comes up with--until he uses science to come up with a winning pitch, the knuckleball.
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Boxcar children volume 122
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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.
14) Power hitter
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After the team decides to play in a wood bat tournament, power hitter Sammy Perez gets stuck in a batting slump and faces the biggest challenge of his baseball career.
15) Wind up
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The contract (Derek Jeter) volume 8
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"As Derek and his team tackle playoffs, everyone deals with the pressure in different ways. And practice gets intense! One of Derek's teammates, Avery, starts being especially hard on herself. She isn't even enjoying the game anymore. Can Derek and the rest of the team pull her out of her funk?"--
16) Baseball pals
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Playing baseball for the same team becomes impossible for Paul and Jimmie when they both want to pitch, and Jimmie must decide if standing on the mound is worth the price.
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In 1939 North Carolina, an all-Black baseball team "trespasses" on the whites-only baseball field, and the resulting racial outrage can only be resolved on the mound. 1935. Twelve-year-old Cato wants nothing more than to play baseball, perfect his pitch, and meet Mr. Satchel Paige--the best pitcher in Negro League baseball. But when he and his teammates "trespass" on their town's whites-only baseball field for a practice, the resulting racial outrage...
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"Diego plays baseball, but he sometimes has trouble focusing on the game. With a good teammate (and some luck!) he learns to keep his eye on the ball. In Diego Chase, Second Base, you'll be rooting for Diego as he learns about teamwork!"--provided by publisher.
19) Play ball!
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When George has trouble playing baseball at school, Madame Gazelle offers to help.
20) Baseball battle
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Lifelong friends Jackson and Logan are moving up from T-ball to baseball, but when both boys want to play first base they must decide if baseball is more important than their friendship.
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