The batboy
(Book)
Author:
Published:
New York, N.Y. : Puffin, 2011.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
246 pages ; 21 cm
Lexile measure:
940L
Rating:
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.
Copies
Location
Call Number
Status
Hamden/Miller Children's Fiction
J/FIC/LUPICA
On Shelf
North Branford/Smith Children's Fiction
j Fiction Lupica
On Shelf
Old Lyme YA Fiction
YA FIC LUPICA
On Shelf
More Details
Language:
Unknown
ISBN:
9780142417829, 0142417823
Accelerated Reader:
MG
Level 5.7, 8 Points
Level 5.7, 8 Points
Lexile measure:
940
Notes
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.
Target Audience
940L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,MG,5.7,8.0,135539.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,MG,5.7,8,135539
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Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Lupica, M. (2011). The batboy. Puffin.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Lupica, Mike. 2011. The Batboy. Puffin.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Lupica, Mike, The Batboy. Puffin, 2011.
MLA Citation (style guide)Lupica, Mike. The Batboy. 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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Grouped Work ID:
292ffb19-5421-6a83-a068-d74aafcde72e
Record Information
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