Home Run
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Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 2016 · Est. 8.5 hour read

Home Run

By Tim Green

Book #4 in the Baseball Great series

A young baseball player must hit home runs to win a house and save his family from losing everything.

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352 pages· 62,597 words· Est. 8.5 hour read
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Josh's world crumbles when his dad leaves, forcing his family into a cramped apartment. The new baseball coach is tough, but hope arrives with a home-run derby offering a house as the prize. To win, Josh must hit twenty home runs this season. With friends Benji and Jaden by his side, he faces the ultimate challenge: save his family or lose it all. Can Josh rise to the occasion, or will he strike out when it matters most?

From the publisher

Perfect for fans of Mike Lupica’s sports books and Dan Gutman’s Baseball Card Adventures, New York Times bestselling author and former NFL player Tim Green gives readers a thrilling new addition to his bestselling Baseball Great series.Josh’s life has just fallen apart. His father will no longer be coaching the travel baseball team and is moving to Florida, forcing his mom and little sister to move into a small apartment on the wrong side of town. To make matters worse, the new coach of the travel team is an unforgiving drill sergeant.But then Benji tells Josh of a home-run derby in which the winner gets a brand-new house. All Josh has to do to qualify is hit twenty home runs during his travel-team season. With Benji and Jaden’s help, Josh is hoping to hit it out of the park and save his family, because if he strikes out, he may just lose everything.

At a glance
Format
Pages
352
Words
62,597
Reading age
8–12
Audience
Middle Grade
Lexile
690L
Themes & topics
Books about baseballBooks about divorceBooks about sports and recreationBooks about familyBooks about gymnastics
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
4.59
F&P level
~P
AR points
9
AR interest level
MG
AR quiz
180671
Publication
Published
February 23, 2016
First published
March 1, 2016
Publisher
HarperCollins
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780062317117

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