The Fireplug Is First Base: 2 (Speedsters)

Petersen, P. J.; James, Betsy

ISBN 10: 0525445870 / ISBN 13: 9780525445876

Published by Dutton Juvenile, 1990

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Fireplug Is First Base: 2 (Speedsters)
• Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0525445870
• ISBN 13: 9780525445876
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

Joe's little brother, Flea, always pesters Joe and his friends to allow him to join in on their street baseball game, and when they finally do the little rookie shows them his stuff

Reviews

A beginning reader, divided into five chapters, with themes of sports and peer relationships. A typical scene--older siblings and friends not letting the younger kids fully participate in a neighborhood ballgame--takes a new turn when one of the little children makes a surprising play. The final chapter features a madcap chase for the "old soft tennis ball" (a dog runs away with it, it rolls through a jump-rope game, lands in a woman's shopping bag, sits on an awning, etc.), while a small boy scores a triple home run. Not an ordinary baseball game, this, but a street game with invented rules with which city kids will identify. James' black-and-white drawings are large and include numerous easy-to-follow dialogue balloons; thus her co-credit on the text. The pictures are an integral part of the story, which is sure to appeal to newly independent readers. --Gale W. Sherman, Pocatello Public Library, ID
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