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Sixth grade is supposed to be the year that Jack Callahan would lead his team to a record-shattering season and the Little League World Series, but after the death of his brother he loses interest in baseball and only Cassie, star of the girls' softball team, seems to understand.
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.
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.
11) 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.
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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 reawaken the passion for baseball that all the members of his family used to share and bring them back to life.
15) Brains vs. brawn
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When Jess and Jaylen try to decide on fun summer activities to share at the neighborhood recreation center, they try some things that don't work out before finding something that they can both enjoy.
16) Slumpbuster
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Eleven-year-old slugger Banjo "The Great Walloper" Bishbash is overcome by a nasty hitting slump as he tries to lead the Rambletown Rounders to the division baseball championship.
19) Hoggy at bat
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"Now that this former ball hog has learned to be a team player, Hoggy's friends think he's a real catch. But Hoggy feels more at home on the basketball court than he does on the baseball diamond. He wants to hit the ball so flawlessly that it soars over the fence. Instead, it's a swing and a miss. When Hoggy strikes out, the pressure is on. Can he learn to relax and enjoy a fun game with his friends? Or will the pressure to win keep him from stepping...
20) Oliver's game
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Oliver's grandfather tells him the story of how he almost joined the Chicago Cubs baseball team.