Beanball
HarperCollins · Paperback · March 7, 2011
It’s the worst sound I’ve ever heard in all my years of umping.
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- Who it’s for
- A tied game, a fierce rival, and one pitch make for a taut baseball read.
- Themes
- Baseball rivalry, Pressure to perform, Sports injury
- Genres
- Baseball & Softball, Novels in Verse for Teens, YA Poetry
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It’s the worst sound I’ve ever heard in all my years of umping. Oh, I’ve heard plenty of pitches hit a helmet. But this . . . this fastball, up and in. This one hit bone, right in the face. Not even a scream or grunt from the kid. He went down like he was shot. In the bottom of the last inning against their biggest rival, Oak Grove High has two men on base and the score is tied.
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Luke “Wizard” Wallace is at bat, and he knows what he needs to do: drive in the winning run, save the game, and be a hero. Luke has everything under control, except the pitch.
Pressure at the Plate
A tied game, a fierce rival, and one pitch make for a taut baseball read.
Come here for
- Last-inning stakes and baseball rivalry
- A sharp, dramatic opening
Expect
- A high-school game under pressure
- A sudden collision between ambition and danger
Where it sits
| Novels in Verse for Teens | 90% |
|---|---|
| Baseball & Softball | 88% |
| YA Poetry | 71% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Adventure
- YA Stories About Boys & Men
- Novels in Verse for Teens
- School Stories for Teens
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- Emotions & Feelings for Teens
- Abuse & Trauma for Teens
- Finding Your Footing
- Violence & Trauma
- Authors
- Gene Fehler
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- March 7, 2011
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Baseball rivalry · Pressure to perform · Sports injury
- Reading lane
- YA Adventure