Full Count: A Baseball Number Book - by Brad Herzog (2009)
Discusses various players, plays, and historic moments from baseball while teaching numbers that pertain to game basics, such as the signal for a fastball and the speed of fast pitches.
Twelve-year-old Roy McGuire, an aspiring major leaguer, does not get much time to practice as it has been raining i his town for over twenty years, but when foster child Sturgis comes to live at his house, the rain finally stops, giving the boys a chance to organize a baseball team--an endeavor that changes their lives.
Brooklyn Nine - by Alan Gratz (2009)
Follows the fortunes of a German immigrant family through nine generations, beginning in 1845, as they experience American life and play baseball.
A biography of the personal and professional life of American Major League Baseball shortstop Honus Wagner, who played mostly for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1897 to 1917.
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