Klages, Ellen
Summary: In 1957, inspired by what she is learning about civil rights and armed with knowledge of female ball players, ten-year-old Katy Gordon fights to be allowed to play Little League baseball.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC KLAHeaden, Sandra W.
Summary: In 1939 North Carolina, an all-Black baseball team "trespasses" on the whites-only baseball field, and the resulting racial outrage can only be resolved on the mound.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2024
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC HEAPlatt, Christine A.
Summary: Ana & Andrew are finally old enough to play team sports! Andrew tries out for the baseball team. When he is nervous before his first game, Papa tells him to think of Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play modern Major League Baseball. (Amazon).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2021
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Summary: J.C. is excited to join the new baseball team at the community center and show off his pitching skills, but his enthusiasm turns to disappointment when Vicky is chosen to take the mound first.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Klages, Ellen
Summary: In 1957, ten-year-old Katy Gordon fights to be allowed to play Little League baseball and uses what she learns about civil rights and the history of female baseball players to challenge the league ban on girls.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC KLAMaddox, Jake
Summary: Zack is a fine defensive outfielder, but he has trouble hitting the ball--until his friend, Jamie, offers to help him using a virtual reality batting program.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2024
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Summary: "Cousins and best friends Liam McGrath and Carter Jones must play against each other to achieve their dreams of winning the Series title! One cousin will win; the other will lose"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2014
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Summary: Dani and Eric have been best friends since Dani moved next door in second grade--until one summer when everything changes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SWADugan, Jennifer
Summary: A baseball pitcher and a student umpire fall for one another against league regulations and must keep it secret.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2024
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC DUGMauleón, Daniel
Summary: Determined to be a great baseball player like others in his family, Fernando needs their help to regain his confidence after his coach tells him to steal a base and he fails. Includes discussion questions, information about baseball, and glossary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MADGreen, Tim
Summary: After a near-fatal car accident, twelve-year-old Ryder's mother needs an operation they cannot afford and while a new friend tries to raise funds, Ryder travels with a grouchy, disabled neighbor, from Yankee Stadium to Turner Field seeking the major league baseball player who might be Ryder's father.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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Summary: Racial tension, a forbidden love affair, and murder are seen through the eyes of a seven-year-old boy in a 1950s Southern cotton-farming community.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRIKelly, David A. (David Andrew)
Summary: "Babe Ruth's baseball glove goes missing before a Baltimore Orioles game. It's up to cousins Mike and Kate to find its whereabouts"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED BPM 15Rylant, Cynthia.
Summary: Mr. Putter and his cat Tabby take time off from napping to play on the Yankee Doodle Dandies baseball team.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE RYLKatschke, Judy.
Summary: Charlie Brown is the manager of the losingest baseball team in Little League.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight 2011
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE KATCopies Available at Fife Lake
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Summary: "A troubled kid finds his bearings in a new school after a baseball coach offers him a spot on the team"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC SCADixon, Franklin W.
Summary: Right before the final game of the Little League season, the Bayport Bandits' lucky charm--Jason's mitt--goes missing! The team is devastated. Can Frank and Joe solve the case of the missing mitt before the Bandits lose the game?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin Paperbacks 2010
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Summary: While visiting New York's Yankee Stadium with Kate's mother, cousins Mike and Kate decide to investigate the rumor that the ghost of Babe Ruth is haunting the stadium.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2011
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED BPM 2Smith, Jake
Summary: James McConnell's one wish is that his nine-year-old son Aaron will finally be healthy enough to play a game of catch. Dying of cancer, Aaron wishes to see his father play in a major league baseball game. James fears he doesn't have the talent it takes, even for one game, and that he'll miss what could be Aaron's precious last weeks. Yet how can he refuse his dying son's wish?
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC SMIMaddox, Jake
Summary: Malcolm loves baseball and science, but his teammates are not always pleased with the ideas he comes up with--until he uses science to come up with a winning pitch, the knuckleball.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MADWallace, Rich
Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magic Wagon 2016
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC WALKelly, David A. (David Andrew)
Summary: Through the window of their hotel room in the Toronto Blue Jays baseball stadium, cousins Mike and Kate spot strange blue lights flashing across the bullpen and decide to investigate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2015