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Author
Series
Little league volume 5
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Cousins and best friends Liam McGrath and Carter Jones must play against each other to achieve their dreams of winning the Series title! One cousin will win; the other will lose"--
3) Ray & me
Author
Series
Baseball card adventures volume 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
After recovering from being hit in the head during a baseball game, Stosh travels back in time to try to save Ray Chapman, a batter who was killed by a pitch in New York in 1920.
6) I got it!
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
In this wordless picture book, a young outfielder imagines all the terrifying ways he might not catch the baseball, and one way that he can.
7) Play ball!
Author
Series
Little league volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Eleven-year-old cousins who are closer than most brothers, catcher Liam McCarthy and pitcher Carter Jones grew up playing baseball together. Now, their team is on the verge of winning the greatest championship of all: the Little League Baseball World Series. To reach the title match, however, they must first beat their number one rivals from Southern California. Little do they know that the game will prove to be just the first challenge they'll face...
8) Swing
Author
Publisher
Blink
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Noah and his best friend Walt want to become cool, make the baseball team, and win over Sam, the girl Noah has loved for years. When Noah finds old love letters, Walt hatches a plan to woo Sam. But as Noah's love life and Walt's baseball career begin, the letters alter everything"--
9) Mickey & me
Author
Series
Baseball card adventures volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Joe travels back in time to 1944, he meets the Milwaukee Chicks, one of the only all-female professional baseball teams in the history of the game.
10) Throwing heat
Author
Series
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Eighth-grader Jack Lerner relies on pitching fast balls until a young college coach teaches him that throwing the heat may not be the best way to win games.
11) The 823rd hit
Author
Series
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
To keep Teddy "Bear" Larrabee happy and slugging, Chad the bat boy has to figure out what a crabby fan would be willing to trade for Teddy's lucky homerun ball.
Author
Series
Clorinda the cow books volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Clorinda the cow is a talented baseball player and coach whose dream of playing in the big leagues comes true in an unexpected way.
13) Dugout rivals
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Jake, who was one of his mediocre baseball team's best players the previous season, unexpectedly finds himself overshadowed when a new player shows up and the team starts winning.
Author
Publisher
Yellow Jacket
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Appears on these lists
2021-2022 Middle School TAB Nominations
Baseball - Elementary Grades
Titles Worth Trying: Sports [Middle School]
Baseball - Elementary Grades
Titles Worth Trying: Sports [Middle School]
Description
Loosely based on Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing," twelve-year-olds Trish and Ben should be automatic friends because they both play baseball on a Little League team in Comity, Massachusetts, and they both love solving math puzzles, but obstacles stand in their way.
16) Jack at bat
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The Lady and Rex have a baseball game against the Big City Brats. Jack is not allowed to swing the bat, so he is told to be the Bat Boy. That is, until the Lady Town Ladies and the Big City Brats are tied. It's up to Jack to hit a home run, but on the way to home plate he spots some snacks...
18) Me and McGee
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
After McGee smashes a lazy pitch to win the championship for the Catbirds, the pitcher spends a whole winter practicing in hopes of striking him out when they face off again.
19) Baseball blues
Author
Series
Alien next door volume 5
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When Zeke uses his powers to become a superstar on the youth baseball team, ignoring Harris's concern that this is cheating, their friendship is in trouble.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Told from different points of view, the Putterman cousins, twins Sammy and Matty, and Becky, have been at odds, but when Hurricane Harvey hits Houston, they soon find that they need each other more than ever.
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