Left-handed Shortstop

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LEFT-HANDED SHORTSTOP by Patricia Reilly Gift Illustrated by Leslie Morrill
What is Walter Moles to do? A budding ecologist, he'd rather pick up bugs with his pooter than field baseballs. But the honor of the fourth grade is at stake because the fifth grade has challenged it to a baseball game.
In the excitement, Goony, the hot-headed captain of the fourth-grade team, chooses Walter as his star shortstop. And Goony won't give Walter a chance to confess that he's a lousy ball player or to tell him there hasn't been a left-handed shortstop since 1892. Somehow Walter either has to learn how to be a great shortstop in a hurry or find a way to weasel out of the game. Can his good pal Casey Valentine scheme up a surefire strategy that will keep Walter from striking out?
"Imaginative characterization and storyteller's flair for amusing detail Anyone can appreciate the good gam^ involvement and funny scenes." —Booklist
PATRICIA REILLY GIFF is the author of many books for children,... Tovább

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LEFT-HANDED SHORTSTOP by Patricia Reilly Gift Illustrated by Leslie Morrill
What is Walter Moles to do? A budding ecologist, he'd rather pick up bugs with his pooter than field baseballs. But the honor of the fourth grade is at stake because the fifth grade has challenged it to a baseball game.
In the excitement, Goony, the hot-headed captain of the fourth-grade team, chooses Walter as his star shortstop. And Goony won't give Walter a chance to confess that he's a lousy ball player or to tell him there hasn't been a left-handed shortstop since 1892. Somehow Walter either has to learn how to be a great shortstop in a hurry or find a way to weasel out of the game. Can his good pal Casey Valentine scheme up a surefire strategy that will keep Walter from striking out?
"Imaginative characterization and storyteller's flair for amusing detail Anyone can appreciate the good gam^ involvement and funny scenes." —Booklist
PATRICIA REILLY GIFF is the author of many books for children, including The Gift of the Pirate Queen and two mysteries starring Abby Jones, Junior Detective: Have You Seen Hyacinth Macaw? and Loretta P. Sweeny, Where Are You?, all of which are available in De!l Yearling editions. Mrs. Giff divides her time between Elmont, New York, and New York City.
LESLIE MORRILL has illustrated all the books in the Adventures of Casey Valentine series. He lives in Madison, Connecticut.
OTHER ADVENTURES OF CASEY VALENTINE AND HER FRIENDS:
Fourth-Grade Celebrity The Girl Who Knew It All The Winter Worm Business Vissza