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Jalen DeLuca's dad doesn't have the money to keep him on his traveling baseball team, so Jalen decides he'll find a way to cover the fees himself. But when he sneaks into the home of New York Yankee's second baseman, James Yager, and steals a couple of balls that he hopes to sell for cash, he's caught by Yager. Desperate to get out of trouble, Jalen shares a secret--he has a strange ability to predict baseball pitches. Yager agrees not to press charges...
6) No relief
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Seventh-grader Javon is the relief pitcher for his summer league baseball team and they are in the championship tournament--trouble is there is one player on the team they are playing that he cannot seem to get out.
8) The best bat
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After Little Rhino does a good job for keeping up with his schoolwork, his Grandpa James buys him a brand new baseball bat. Rhino hits well with it at first, but one day after practice he finds his bat has gone missing. With a big game coming up, Rhino will have to find out who stole his bat quickly, or else he will let his teammates, and grandpa, down.
9) I got it!
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In this wordless picture book, a young outfielder imagines all the terrifying ways he might not catch the baseball, and one way that he can.
10) My new team
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When Little Rhino ends up on a little league team with a bully, he has to find a way to stand up for himself and still be a good teammate to the rest of his team.
12) No fear!
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Follows the experiences of benchwarmer Steve, who struggles to conquer his fear of getting hit with a baseball before his first year on the school team is ruined.
14) Game day
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Illustrations and simple text describe the events of a baseball game.
16) Lucky enough
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Thirteen-year-old Trey, sure his lucky charm got him onto the Ravens thirteen-year-old travel baseball team, becomes increasingly superstitious and, when he loses the charm, he loses confidence, as well.--Provided by Publisher.
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Oscar Indigo has never been good at baseball, so naturally he's nervous when he has to fill in for his team's injured All-Star, Lourdes. Luckily, Oscar has a mysterious gold watch that can stop time, which he uses to fake a game-winning home run. Now Oscar's the underdog hero of his town and even Lourdes wants to be his friend. But the universe is a precarious place, and you can't just steal time without any consequences. If Oscar doesn't find a way...
18) The away game
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While away in the state capital with Coach Ray and his Mustangs little league team, Rhino realizes that he is going to have to sleep in a hotel, away from home for the first time in his life, and he worries his nervousness will ruin his concentration on the big game.
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Sixth-grader Theo leaves everything behind to live with his Uncle Chester, a Vietnam War veteran and loner, in Destiny, Florida, but he is drawn to play the piano in Miss Sister's dance school and soon makes friends with the feisty Anabel, a baseball fanatic who invites Theo to help solve a mystery.
20) The talent show
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Rhino and Cooper form a band with their friend Carlos for the school's talent show. However, Rhino fails to tell his friends that he just started taking guitar lessons. When he finally comes clean to his friends, Carlos comes up with a plan that just might work.