Cruz de la Cruz Books
In order from The Boy Who Saved Baseball to The Desperado Who Stole Baseball
Book #1
The Boy Who Saved Baseball
Written by John Ritter
8 - 12
Reading
age
224
Page
count
48,232
Word
count
May 12, 2003
Publication
date
Paperback
$8.99
$8.58
Summary
The fate of a small California town rests on the outcome of one baseball game, and Tom Gallagher hopes to lead his team to victory with the secrets of the now-disgraced player, Dante Del Gato.
Cruz de la Cruz Series
Published from 2003 - 2009
2 books
| Year | Title | Author | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | The Boy Who Saved Baseball | John Ritter | 224 |
| 2009 | The Desperado Who Stole Baseball | John H. Ritter | 272 |
The Creatives Behind the Books
Author
John Ritter has written many novels and numerous short stories for Young Adult readers. His first novel, Choosing Up Sides, published in 1998, won the 1999 International Reading Association Children’s Book Award for Older Readers and was designated an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults. Kirkus Reviews praised Choosing Up Sides, which attacked the once-prevalent views of religious fundamentalists toward left-handed children, as, “No ordinary baseball book, this is a rare first novel.” In 2004 Ritter received the Paterson Prize for Books for Young People for his third novel, The Boy Who Saved Baseball.
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