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• Book Match

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  Fill out a survey with information about your reading tastes, and one of our Matchmakers will send you a personalized reading list within two weeks. You can select a specific Matchmaker, or you can fill out a general survey and one of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Strike Zone

  Lupica, Mike,

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  "Twelve-year-old Nick García dreams of winning MVP of his summer baseball league, of finding a cure for his sister, of meeting his hero, Yankee pitcher Michael Arroyo, and of no longer living in fear of the government and ICE agents."

• Lupe Wong Won't Dance

  Higuera, Donna Barba,

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  "Lupe Wong is going to be the first female pitcher in the Major Leagues. She's also championed causes her whole young life. Some worthy ... like expanding the options for race on school tests beyond just a few bubbles. And some not so…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Camp Average

  Battle, Craig, 1980-

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  "Camp Average is a middle-grade novel that tells the story of a group of 11-year-old boys sharing Cabin 10 at a six-week summer sports camp for boys. The actual name of the place is Camp Avalon, but the kids call it Camp Average, because…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Coming Up Short

  Morrison, Laurie,

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  "Seventh-grader Bea is the star short stop on her softball team, which is going to the league championship, but her world has just been turned upside down by the news that her father has been suspended from his law practice because he used…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Much Ado About Baseball

  LaRocca, Rajani,

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  "Loosely based on Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing," twelve-year-olds Trish and Ben should be automatic friends because they both play baseball on a Little League team in Comity, Massachusetts, and they both love solving math puzzles,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen

  Kapit, Sarah,

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  "Eleven-year-old knuckleball pitcher Vivy Cohen, who has autism, becomes pen pals with her favorite Major League baseball player after writing a letter to him as an assignment for her social skills class."

• Fast Pitch

  Stone, Nic,

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  "Shenice Lockwood dreams of leading the Fulton Firebirds to the U12 softball regional championship. But Shenice's focus gets shaken when her great-uncle Jack reveals that a career-ending-and family-name-ruining-crime may have been a setup.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Way Home Looks Now

  Shang, Wendy Wan Long,

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  "In 1972, after his older brother is killed in a car crash, Peter Lee's mother is paralyzed by grief and his traditional Chinese father seems emotionally frozen; but Peter hopes that if he joins a Little League team in Pittsburgh he can…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh

  Krishnaswami, Uma, 1956-

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  "Nine-year-old Maria Singh learns to play softball just like her heroes in the All-American Girls' League, while her parents and neighbors are struggling through World War II, working for India's independence, and trying to stay on their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Switch-hitter

  Jeter, Derek, 1974-

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  "Seventh grader Derek Jeter, distracted with responsibilities of playing both basketball and baseball, finds himself on the bench with an injury and he must learn how to be a team player from the dugout and understand the importance of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Play Ball!

  Christopher, Matt, 1917-1997

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  "Eleven-year-old cousins who are closer than most brothers, catcher Liam McCarthy and pitcher Carter Jones grew up playing baseball together. Now, their team is on the verge of winning the greatest championship of all: the Little League…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Team Players

  Lupica, Mike,

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  "A girl with Asperger's joins Cassie's softball team but not everyone on the team welcomes her, creating a rift between Cassie and her teammates."