The Aurora County All-Stars

By Deborah Wiles

A sidelined pitcher must choose between baseball and a town pageant, uncovering secrets along the way.

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242 pages· 44,566 words· Est. 5 hour read

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Bookroo's summary

Twelve-year-old House Jackson is ready to reclaim his spot as star pitcher, but the town's anniversary pageant clashes with his team's only game. Facing his nemesis, Frances, and a mysterious inheritance from a recluse, House must navigate unexpected challenges. As he juggles baseball, a wheezy dog, and a puzzling book of poetry, House discovers hidden truths about family and friendship. Can he find a way to play the game and honor the past, or will the pageant steal his spotlight? Dive into a summer of surprises and see where House's journey leads.

From the publisher

Twelve-year-old House Jackson–star pitcher and team captain of the Aurora County All-Stars–has been sidelined for a whole sorry year with a broken elbow. He’s finally ready to play, but wouldn’t you know that the team’s only game of the year has been scheduled for the exact same time as the town’s 200th-anniversary pageant. Now House must face the pageant’s director, full-of-herself Frances Shotz (his nemesis and perpetrator of the elbow break), and get his team out of this mess. There’s also the matter of a mysterious old recluse who has died and left House a wheezy old dog named Eudora Welty–and a puzzling book of poetry by someone named Walt Whitman. Through the long, hot month of June, House makes surprising and valuable discoveries about family, friendship, poetry . . . and baseball.

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