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Tom Gallagher is in a tight spot. The fate of the Dillontown team rests on the outcome of one baseball game, winner take all. If Tom's team loses, they lose their field too. But how can they possibly win? Just when everything seems hopeless, a mysterious boy named Cruz de la Cruz rides into town and claims to know the secret of hitting. Not to mention the secrets of Dante Del Gato, Dillontown's greatest hitter ever. Since he walked away from the game years ago, Del Gato hasn't spoken a word to anyone. But now he might be Tom's only hope for saving his hometown. From the award-winning author of Over the Wall and Choosing Up Sides comes this imaginative tale of one boy's struggle to preserve the spirit of the game he loves.
It takes about 4 Hours and 7 minutes on average for a reader to read The Boy Who Saved Baseball. This is based on the average reading speed of 250 Words per minute.
The recommended reading level for The Boy Who Saved Baseball is 5th Grade through 8th Grade .
The Lexile score for The Boy Who Saved Baseball is 660.
The Boy Who Saved Baseball is 224 pages long.
The Boy Who Saved Baseball is book #2 in the Cruz de la Cruz Book Series and comes after The Desperado Who Stole Baseball and comes before
The Boy Who Saved Baseball won the following awards:
in 2007 The Boy Who Saved Baseball won the Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award in category .
in 2007 The Boy Who Saved Baseball won the Young Hoosier Book Award in category .
It was an amazing book
Derived From Web , May 10, 2022
I would definitely recommend it to 12 year old children. It would also be good for children 9 to 100 years old.
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Very disappointed! The story however is great
Derived From Web , May 10, 2022
I ordered this item, but it stated that it was in acceptable condition. I am getting it and the cover was all scratched and there is writing all over it along with torn pages. Ann Jones was very disappointed! The story is great, however. My son has been 8 and loves it.
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Good book for boys
Derived From Web , May 10, 2022
They loved it especially since they play baseball. I would imagine it '' a good book for young readers. But I did not appreciate the use of slang terms in the Mexican dialect quite as much. Do boys of this culture really talk like that? To me, it seemed a bit racist...
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Thé boy boy saved baseball
Derived From Web , May 10, 2022
5 stars I love this book for the way it was written and how Doc saved baseball. It was sad when Doc died.
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Great for baseball lovers!
Derived From Web , Jun 26, 2021
Perfect for baseball - loving kiddos who need to get some reading done this summer! The story grabs you right from the start!
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Not a winner
Derived From Web , May 31, 2020
Wow... this book is really bad. Over-the-top, confusing, Cheesy. My children love ALL books - especially baseball books, and they made me stop after chapter 6.
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Great book
Derived From Web , Jan 20, 2020
My son, who loves baseball, loved this book! He gave it only 4 stars because someone died and was sad lol.
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Easy Reading
Derived From Web , Oct 21, 2019
I can not remember what year I bought all the books, but I do remember the grandson telling me how much he enjoyed each book.
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Used as gift for my grandson
Derived From Web , Oct 13, 2019
He read this book and loved it over a weekend.
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Son who doesn’t like reading, loved it!
Derived From Web , Jul 13, 2019
The only thing he doesn 't like is Diary of a wiggle kid, but he has yet to hate a type book of novel ''.
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