Home Run (Baseball Great, 4) - Hardcover

Green, Tim

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062317113 ISBN 13: 9780062317117

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2016

Synopsis

Perfect for fans of Mike Lupica's sports books and Dan Gutman's Baseball Card Adventures, New York Times bestselling author and former NFL player Tim Green gives readers a thrilling new addition to his bestselling Baseball Great series.

Josh's life has just fallen apart. His father will no longer be coaching the travel baseball team and is moving to Florida, forcing his mom and little sister to move into a small apartment on the wrong side of town. To make matters worse, the new coach of the travel team is an unforgiving drill sergeant.

But then Benji tells Josh of a home-run derby in which the winner gets a brand-new house. All Josh has to do to qualify is hit twenty home runs during his travel-team season. With Benji and Jaden's help, Josh is hoping to hit it out of the park and save his family, because if he strikes out, he may just lose everything.

About this title

About the Author:

Tim Green, for many years a star defensive end with the Atlanta Falcons, is a man of many talents. He's the author of such gripping books for adults as the New York Times bestselling The Dark Side of the Game and American Outrage. Tim graduated covaledictorian from Syracuse University and was a first-round draft pick. He later earned his law degree with honors, and he has also worked as an NFL commentator for FOX Sports and NPR.

His first book for young readers, Football Genius, inspired in part by his players and his own kids, became a New York Times bestseller and was followed by Football Hero, Football Champ, The Big Time, and Deep Zone. He drew on his experiences playing and coaching Little League for Rivals and Pinch Hit and two more New York Times bestsellers: Baseball Great and Best of the Best.

Bestselling author Jon Scieszka called Tim Green's Unstoppable, a book about a boy's struggle with cancer that debuted at #2 on the New York Times bestseller list, "Absolutely heroic. And something every guy should read."

Tim Green lives with his wife, Illyssa, and their five children in upstate New York.

From School Library Journal:

Gr 5–8—Josh's world has been turned upside down. After one of his baseball games, Josh's father announces that he has quit coaching the team and will be moving to Florida for his job. The absence of his father forces Josh and the rest of his family to move into a run down apartment that's a far cry from the house he grew up in. At the suggestion of his best friends, Josh enters a local home run derby where the winner gets a new house. Fans of Green's previous works will recognize his familiar yet appealing story of family issues and edge of your seat sports thrills. Young readers coming on board for the first time will have no issues following the story as it stands on its own. In all, a rousing yet heartwarming story.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0062317113
• ISBN 13: 9780062317117
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352