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Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 1995 · Est. 3.5 hour read
Line Drive to Short
By Matt Christopher, Karin Lidbeck (Illustrator)
Part of the Matt Christopher Sports Classics series
Anonymous threats force a choice: baseball or horror films.
4.0/5 Goodreads · 27 ratings
160 pages· 24,894 words· Est. 3.5 hour read
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Bookroo's summary
Travis Bonelli juggles baseball and a passion for horror films, but anonymous threats demand he focus solely on the game. As the pressure mounts, will he sacrifice his true passion?
From the publisher
Travis, less obsessed with baseball than his fellow team members, tries to balance his playing with his hobby of horror videos and starts receiving anonymous threats warning him to spend more time on baseball.
At a glance
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 160
- Words
- 24,894
- Reading age
- 8–12
- Audience
- Middle Grade
- Lexile
- 640L
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- 4.3
- F&P level
- ~P
- AR points
- 4
- AR interest level
- MG
- AR quiz
- 11435
Publication
- Published
- April 1, 1995
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Young Readers
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Chapter Book
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9780316141215
- OCLC
- 123115443
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