Lucky Baseball Bat - Hardcover

Christopher, Matt

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316140392 ISBN 13: 9780316140393

Publisher: Little Brown & Co, 1954

Synopsis

Book by Christopher, Matt

About this title

About the Author

Matt Christopher is the best selling name behind more than 100 sports-themed books for young readers.

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-4-- Martin is new to the neighborhood and wants to play little league. When an older boy gives him his old mitt and bat, Martin finds he can both hit and catch, and attributes these skills to the equipment, not to himself. When he can't find his bat, he accuses a teammate of stealing it. In an unbelievable sequence, he jumps in front of an approaching car to pull a younger boy to safety; coincidentally, the boy happens to be the one who took the bat. In the end, Martin hits a home run and wins the championship game for his team. The plot is as evenly paced as that in The Hit-Away Kid (Little, 1988), with a controlled vocabulary and short chapters intended to help children make the leap to chapter books. The moral is also as conspicuous. --Denise Krell, New York Public Library
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Little Brown & Co
• Publication date: 1954
• ISBN 10: 0316140392
• ISBN 13: 9780316140393
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1