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2) CopOut
Description
Two longtime NYPD partners on the trail of a stolen, rare, mint-condition baseball card find themselves up against a merciless, memorabilia-obsessed gangster. Jimmy is the veteran detective whose missing collectible is his only hope to pay for his daughter's upcoming wedding, and Paul is his 'partner-against-crime' whose preoccupation with his wife's alleged infidelity makes it hard for him to keep his eye on the ball.
3) Swindle
Author
Series
Swindle mysteries volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Formats
Description
After unscrupulous collector S. Wendell Palamino cons him out of a valuable baseball card, sixth-grader Griffin Bing puts together a band of misfits to break into Palomino's heavily guarded store and steal the card back.
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Author Yolen offers a well-deserved tribute to Honus Wagner, a poor coal miner from Pennsylvania who became the greatest shortstop of all time and set records for the Pittsburgh Pirates. But life wasn't always easy for Wagner. He was forced to leave school at an early age to support himself by working in the coal mines. In his free time, Wagner played the game he loved, and before long, it loved him back. Years later his baseball card sold for nearly...
Author
Series
Baseball card adventures volume 5
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Description
When Joe Stoshack's dad ends up in the hospital after a car accident , he has tow words he has to say to his son,: Mickey Mantle. For Stosh has a special power with a baseball card in hand, he can travel back in time. And his dad has a rare card - Mantle's valuable 1951 rookie card. "I've been thinking about it for a long time. Go back to 1951. You;'re the only one who can do it," Dad whispers. That night Stosh grips the card and prepares for another...
10) The trading game
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 5
Description
During a summer of baseball and baseball card trading, eleven-year-old Andy makes discoveries about his father, his grandfather, who played professional baseball, and himself.
Author
Pub. Date
1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
Description
In hopes of winning the valuable baseball card that he and his new friends have hidden in a remote cave outside Granite Falls, Washington, Andrew asks the gruff P.E. teacher at his middle school to help him become a long-jumper.
12) Jinxed!
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Chad is thrilled to be a batboy for the Pine City Porcupines, even though the team is not doing well, his fellow batboy is less than thrilled about the job, and his favorite player seems to be jinxed.
13) Zip it!
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Description
When Pine City Porcupines' bat boy Chad breaks an important unofficial rule of baseball: Do not talk to the starting pitcher when he has a perfect game going, the team may lose the game unless Chad can find a baseball card to help break the superstition.
Author
Series
Baseball card adventures volume 3
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Description
With their ability to travel through time using vintage baseball cards, Joe and his father have the opportunity to find out whether Babe Ruth really did call his shot when he hit that homerun in the third game of the 1932 World Series against the Chicago Cubs.
17) Steal that base!
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Chad is upset when his parents begin wanting him to come home before midnight and eat healthier; meanwhile, Abby has bobblehead issues and pinch hitter Sammy Solaris has trouble with speed. With the help of Dylan, a baseball card, and a porcupine, Chad tries to save the summer.