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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers!
New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge became a fan favorite in his rookie season with the team. This title's reader-friendly text, critical thinking questions, and bright design will attract young baseball fans.
23) Coming Up Short
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
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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 some of his clients' money to pay bills; worse the news has been spread by another lawyer online, and that lawyer happens to be the father of Bea's almost boyfriend, Xander; now her fielding skills are slipping,...
24) Hey, Blue!
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Chris A. Stevens, an award-winning journalist from Michigan, tells the interesting true tale of what it's like being a youth and high school softball umpire. But it's more than just a sports book. The book also talks about relationships, dealing with people, handling conflict, self-awareness and the author coping with serious adversity in his life..and his hope for a brighter future. Stevens details face-to-face encounters with angry coaches, uplifting...
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A scientific and logical approach to the least understood and mastered skill in fastpitch softball. This book takes the reader from the basics of pitching a ball to understanding the more advanced skills required to play at the highest levels. The author, a clinician, coach, and instructor for nearly three decades approaches pitching from the mental, physical and scientific truths that make a ball go fast, move and hit a target. Whether the pitcher...
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This survival guide is written for a single purpose: to help both you and your daughter be winners in softball. The tips and suggestions, varying from the practical to the emotional--safety, nutrition, sports equipment, team drama, mental toughness, dealing with dad--will help you get the most from your daughter's softball playing experience. And that will help your daughter get the most out of her softball experience. The two are closely tied together....
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An instructional booklet to learn how to become a homerun hitter or power hitter in slow-pitch softball. There are ten fundamental rules that have proven to work. These ten fundamental rules are explained thoroughly and when practiced and applied help a player become a power hitter. This booklet is for any age, even the beginner who wants to learn good, sound batting techniques as they learn the game.
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The inspirational roots of college softball's national championship and its 43 years of explosive growth are chronicled in this unique, 296-page book, A Series of Their Own: The History of the Women's College World Series. The book includes narratives on each of the annual tournaments from 1969-2012 within the context of the changing landscape of women's collegiate sports. To write this story, the authors drew on their backgrounds writing about and...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Twelve-year-old Ana Flores has never really taken to sports, but when she observes the women's softball team practice at the college where her mother is going to teach, she is intrigued and decides to try out for a local team; unfortunately it is harder than it looks--but with some help from one of the college girls, Caitlin, and Mali, a pitcher who is mad she only made second team, Ana gets to work on her catching, and Mali works on her attitude,...
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Cupcake diaries volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
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Katie starts to realize that doing what you love always makes the batter sweeter.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 2
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Baseball has long been dubbed America's national pastime. When the top teams face off in the World Series each season, team legacies and fans' hearts are on the line. Author Matt Doeden covers the century-long history of the World Series, from its humble beginnings to becoming a worldwide sensation. Discover the drama behind the statistics and record books that keeps the crowd enthralled!
32) Curveball
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
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Now that it is summer Victoria Torres and her friends have all signed up to play co-ed softball in their town's league, but soon things start to go wrong--her father is the coach of her team (the Chihuahuas), her friend Jenny is on a rival team, and worse of all her nemesis, bossy Annelise, is her teammate and competitor for the position of pitcher.
33) Force out
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
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"When Joey has to compete with his best friend, Zach, for a single spot on an elite baseball team, he is forced to decide how far he is willing to go to win"--
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Take a bat, a ball, a mitt, and a warm summer day. Put them all together and you've got the great game of baseball! From the basic rules of baseball to All-Star Games, the first World Series, and the Hall of Fame, readers learn all about America's national pastime in this nonfiction title that features plenty of colorful images, timelines, charts, and informational text.
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For as long as he can remember, Curtis Pith has been obsessed with becoming a chef like Lucas Taylor, host of Super Chef. And Curtis has a secret: Taylor is actually his long-absent father. So when Taylor announces a kids-only season of Super Chef, Curtis finally sees his chance to meet his dad. But after Curtis wins a spot in the competition and arrives in New York to film the show, nothing goes as smoothly as he expected. It's all riding on the...
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Visit the home of the Liberty Bell to watch the Philadelphia Phillies take on Major League Baseball's best. Meet the top players, read stories of past and present, and check out all the key stats. Root, root, root for the home team as you become a Phillies expert! Additional features include a table of contents, informative captions, a diagram of the home field, a section on basic gear, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, an index,...
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All teams want to win, but rivals play each other with extra toughness, year after year. The rivalry between the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers is one of the most epic in all of
sports. Learn about contests on the court between these two great NBA teams over the past 80 years.
38) Boston Red Sox
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A simple but fact-packed overview of the Boston Red Sox baseball team, covering their origins, their home field, famous players and managers, and well-known plays throughout the team's history. The crack of the bat...the cheers of the crowd as the batter rounds the bases.... From the first pitch to the last out, nothing beats baseball for pure sports enjoyment! Kids love this sport--and they'll love reading about it in this colorful, photo-packed...
39) La MLB
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Learn all about Major League Baseball. Discover fascinating facts, from record-breaking stars to winning teams and important positions.
40) Formula One
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Learn about the world of Formula One and how science is helping the sport. You'll read about racecars, tires, racetracks, and driver safety, and get a better understanding of how Formula One is improving with science and technology. Also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggests guiding questions to help aid in reading comprehension. Downloadable Teacher Notes available.
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