The batboy
(Book)

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Published:
New York, N.Y. : Puffin, 2011.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
246 pages ; 21 cm.
Lexile measure:
940L
Status:
Description

It is every baseball kid's dream summer job: batboy for your hometown Major League team. Yet for fourteen year-old Brian, the job means more than just the chance to hang around his idols. Baseball was the job his father loved so much, in the end he couldn't leave it. Yet he could leave his family. Now Brian sees the job as the way to win back his father.There is no winning back some people, though. Just ask Hank Bishop--once the most popular player in baseball before he was banned for using steroids. Now he is making his comeback. And an unlikely friendship slowly develops between this man in need of a family and this boy in need of a father. Mike Lupica, king of the sports novel, delivers his most powerful and kid-friendly to date.

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Language:
English
ISBN:
9780142417829, 0142417823
Accelerated Reader:
MG
Level 5.7, 8 Points
Lexile measure:
940

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Description
It is every baseball kid's dream summer job: batboy for your hometown Major League team. Yet for fourteen year-old Brian, the job means more than just the chance to hang around his idols. Baseball was the job his father loved so much, in the end he couldn't leave it. Yet he could leave his family. Now Brian sees the job as the way to win back his father.There is no winning back some people, though. Just ask Hank Bishop--once the most popular player in baseball before he was banned for using steroids. Now he is making his comeback. And an unlikely friendship slowly develops between this man in need of a family and this boy in need of a father. Mike Lupica, king of the sports novel, delivers his most powerful and kid-friendly to date.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,MG,5.7,8.0,135539.
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APA Citation (style guide)

Lupica, M. (2011). The batboy. New York, N.Y., Puffin.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Lupica, Mike. 2011. The Batboy. New York, N.Y., Puffin.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Lupica, Mike, The Batboy. New York, N.Y., Puffin, 2011.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Lupica, Mike. The Batboy. New York, N.Y., Puffin, 2011.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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