Comeback Catcher

Comeback Catcher
Author: Jake Maddox
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 76
Release: 2017-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1496537440

Eddie Jackson loves playing catcher. But when he�s batting and in the spotlight, he�s a wreck. After an embarrassing strike out last summer, he thought he�d be done with baseball for good. Now he�s back in the game as a backup catcher. When an injury forces him to step up to the plate, will Eddie be able to overcome his nerves, or is it going to be another swing and a miss? Combining a high-stakes sports story with a dynamic full-color comic format, this Jake Maddox Graphic Novel is sure to be a win for young athletes and struggling readers alike.

Comeback Catcher

Comeback Catcher
Author: Jake Maddox
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 73
Release: 2017-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1496537009

Eddie Jackson loves playing catcher. But when heÕs batting and in the spotlight, heÕs a wreck. After an embarrassing strike out last summer, he thought heÕd be done with baseball for good. Now heÕs back in the game as a backup catcher. When an injury forces him to step up to the plate, will Eddie be able to overcome his nerves, or is it going to be another swing and a miss? Combining a high-stakes sports story with a dynamic full-color comic format, this Jake Maddox Graphic Novel is sure to be a win for young athletes and struggling readers alike.

Quarterback Comeback

Quarterback Comeback
Author: Jake Maddox
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 73
Release: 2010-09
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1434216349

Star quarterback Carlos Suarez is the key to helping the Westfield Wildcats have a chance at winning the big game.

Safe at Home

Safe at Home
Author: Mike Lupica
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2008
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780399247163

Playing baseball was the one thing that made twelve-year-old Nick Crandall feel at home until he found acceptance with adoptive parents, but he faces a new struggle to fit in when he becomes the first seventh-grader ever to make the varsity baseball team.

Behind the Plate

Behind the Plate
Author: Javy Lopez
Publisher: Triumph Books
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2012-04-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1617496200

Popular Atlanta Braves catcher Javier “Javy” Lopez opens up in this autobiography to tell his amazing story, from learning to play baseball on a neighborhood basketball court to his record of 42 home runs in a season by a catcher. The product of a lower-middle-class background in Puerto Rico, Javy had to overcome numerous hardships—not the least of which was a language barrier—to fulfill his destiny as one of the most accomplished catchers of the modern era. He tells of bumps along the way to success, including why he overstated his signing bonus as well as the time in the minors when he cried during an all-night meltdown due to his struggles on the field. But he went on to be named MVP of the 1996 National League Championship Series, and played on 12 of the Atlanta Braves' unprecedented 14 straight division-winning teams of the 1990s and 2000s. From his relationship with great teammates such as Greg Maddux and John Smoltz, to his failed comeback attempt with the Braves in 2008, this autobiography tells all about the handsome, warm, engaging Lopez and how he became one of baseball's most popular players.

Beach Bully

Beach Bully
Author: Jake Maddox
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 74
Release: 2013-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1434262065

Isaac decides to give surfing a try, but his plan hits a snag when a bully lays claim to the entire beach.

Jake Maddox: Home-Field Football

Jake Maddox: Home-Field Football
Author: Jake Maddox
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 74
Release: 2012-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1434240088

Mason finds out that football in his new town of Clearwater is nothing like where he came from.

The Birdcatcher

The Birdcatcher
Author: Gayl Jones
Publisher: Beacon Press
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2022-09-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0807029947

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST 2022 Publishers Weekly Top 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2022 “Gayl Jones’s work represents a watershed in American literature." —Imani Perry Legendary writer Gayl Jones returns with a stunning new novel about Black American artists in exile Gayl Jones, the novelist Toni Morrison discovered decades ago and Tayari Jones recently called her favorite writer, has been described as one of the great literary writers of the 20th century. Now, for the first time in over 20 years, Jones is publishing again. In the wake of her long-awaited fifth novel, Palmares, The Birdcatcher is another singular achievement, a return to the circles of her National Book Award finalist, The Healing. Set primarily on the island of Ibiza, the story is narrated by the writer Amanda Wordlaw, whose closest friend, a gifted sculptor named Catherine Shuger, is repeatedly institutionalized for trying to kill a husband who never leaves her. The three form a quirky triangle on the white-washed island. A study in Black women’s creative expression, and the intensity of their relationships, this work from Jones shows off her range and insight into the vicissitudes of all human nature—rewarding longtime fans and bringing her talent to a new generation of readers.

Now I Can Die in Peace

Now I Can Die in Peace
Author: Bill Simmons
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Total Pages: 466
Release: 2009-03-24
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1933060727

ESPN's beloved Sports Guy replays the years leading up to the Boston Red Sox historic championship season and says goodbye to a lifetime of suffering. At least for now."The Red Sox won the World Series." To Citizen No. 1 of Red Sox Nation, those seven words meant "No more 1918 chants. No more smug glances from Yankee fans. No more worrying about living an entire life -- that's 80 years, followed by death without seeing the Red Sox win a Series." But once he was able to type those life-changing words, Bill Simmons decided to look back at his Sports Guy columns for the last five years to find out how the miracle came to pass. And that's where the trouble began. Why didnt he see it coming? Why didn't it happen sooner? What was the key deal, the lucky move, the funny bounce, the sign from above that he failed to spot? Pretty soon, The Sports Guy was second-guessing himself, rewriting history, sniping at his own past predictions, pounding the table -- that's what sports guys do, right And doing so, he let himself get sidetracked by the suffering of the Boston Bruins, frustrated by the false promise of the Celtics -- and driven into a state of ecstasy by the dynastic New England Patriots. The result is Now I Can Die in Peace, a hilarious and fresh new look at some of the best sportswriting in America, with sharp critical commentary (and fresh insights) from the guy who wrote it in the first place.