Screaming at the Ump
By Audrey Vernick Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages: 272 Age Range: 10 – 14 Years ABOUT Twelve-year-old Casey Snowden knows everything about being an umpire. His dad and grandfather run a New Jersey umpire school, Behind the Plate, and Casey lives and breathes baseball. Casey’s dream, however, is to be a reporter—objective, impartial, and fair, just like an ump. But when he stumbles upon a sensational story involving a former major league player in exile, he finds that the ethics of publishing it are cloudy at best. This emotionally charged coming-of-age novel about baseball,...
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By Audrey Vernick Illustrated by Steven Salerno Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages: 40 Lexile: AD780L Age Range:4 – 8 Years ABOUT The Acerra family had sixteen children, including twelve ball-playing boys. It was the 1930s, and many families had lots of kids. But only one had enough to field a baseball team . . . with three on the bench! The Acerras were the longest-playing all-brother team in baseball history. They loved the game, but more important, they cared for and supported each other and stayed together as a team. Nothing life threw their way could stop them. Full of...
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