Six Innings
Square Fish · Paperback · March 2, 2010
Two teams, six innings, one game.
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- Who it’s for
- A pitch-by-pitch baseball game carries the weight of friendship and a life-changing diagnosis.
- Themes
- Baseball, Close friendship, Coming to terms with cancer
- Pacing
- Mixed
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Two teams, six innings, one game. A lively cast of characters—baseball-loving boys between the ages of eleven to thirteen—are playing the biggest game of their lives. With acrobatic catches, clutch hits, dramatic whiffs, and costly errors, this game is full of action. But as the book unfolds, pitch by pitch, a deeper story emerges, with far more at stake: Sam and Mike, best friends, are trying to come to terms with Sam's newly diagnosed cancer.
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And this baseball diamond becomes the ultimate testing ground of Sam and Mike's remarkable friendship as they strive to find a way to both come out winners. This is for the championship. This is for life. Six Innings is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
More Than the Game
A pitch-by-pitch baseball game carries the weight of friendship and a life-changing diagnosis.
Come here for
- Close-up game action, from acrobatic catches to costly errors
- A friendship tested on the baseball diamond
Expect
- A lively six-inning game with deeper stakes
- Sam and Mike facing Sam’s cancer diagnosis together
Where it sits
| Illness & Injury | 80% |
|---|---|
| Baseball & Softball | 67% |
| Boys & Men | 34% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Boys & Men
- Illness & Injury
- Baseball & Softball
- Authors
- James Preller
- Publisher
- Square Fish
- Published
- March 2, 2010
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Baseball · Close friendship · Coming to terms with cancer
- Reading lane
- Boys & Men