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RivalsThe Baseball Great series has been chosen as a "must-read" series by Library JournalCooperstown! Josh is thrilled when all his hard training pays off in a big way and his team, the Syracuse Titans, makes it to the National Tournament in Cooperstown, home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. More is on the line for Josh than just a trophy. Winning would mean everything to his dad, who's recently been laid off by his minor leagues team and is now Josh's coach. Winning could mean a major endorsement deal for the Titans, and the attention of big league scouts. But a dirty play and a brutal injury threaten to sideline Josh. Through his haze of pain, Josh spies suspicious activity at the tournament. He tries to tell his good friend Jaden about what he's seen, but she's too busy spending time with the L.A. Comets' star player, Mickey Mullen Jr., to want to get involved. Jaden says she's doing research for the newspaper . . . but is she? Now Josh has a rival—both on the field and off—as he swings for the fences in a game that quickly becomes more dangerous. New York Times bestselling author Tim Green delivers a hard-hitting look at what some teams will do to win in this gripping sequel to Baseball Great. 
BUY THE BOOK from IndieBound, Amazon or Barnes & Noble HarperCollins, March 2010, ISBN: 978-0061626920
Praise"RIVALS continues Green's captivating series with his familiar style that delivers a great sports story with writing that is easy to read but engaging because of his ability to create colorful characters. Green focuses on the action of the game while artistically penning some really nice images with similes and metaphors that make his work so enjoyable to read... The pictures he writes for readers' minds are brilliant and sometimes surprising in their comparisons. And the literary merits found in his previous baseball and football books are prominent in this new offering." —kidsread.com  |
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