Home Run
Home Run

Home Run

Written by Tim Green
Book #4 in the Baseball Great Series
Hardcover
$16.99
$15.97
8 - 12
Reading age
352
Page count
690L
Lexile measure
Feb 23, 2016
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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.

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      Tim Green

      Tim Green, for many years a star defensive end with the Atlanta Falcons, is a man of many talents. He’s the author of such gripping books for adults as the New York Times bestselling The Dark Side of the Game and American Outrage. Tim graduated covaledictorian from Syracuse University and was a first-round draft pick. He later earned his law degree with honors, and he has also worked as an NFL commentator for FOX Sports and NPR. His first book for young readers, Football Genius, inspired in part by his players and his own kids, became a New York Times bestseller and was followed by Football Hero, Football Champ, The Big Time, and Deep Zone. He drew on his experiences playing and coaching Little League for Rivals and Pinch Hit and two more New York Times bestsellers: Baseball Great and Best of the Best. Bestselling author Jon Scieszka called Tim Green’s Unstoppable, a book about a boy’s struggle with cancer that debuted at #2 on the New York Times bestseller list, “Absolutely heroic. And something every guy should read.” Tim Green lives with his wife, Illyssa, and their five children in upstate New York.

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780062317117
    Publication Date
    February 23, 2016
    Publisher
    HarperCollins
    Original Publication Date
    March 1, 2016
    Page Count
    352
    Reading Age
    8 - 12 years
    Lexile® Level
    690L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~P
    ATOS® Book Level
    4.59
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    9
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    180671
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    MG

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