| Six Innings | 
 enlarge | Author: James Preller
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 18494
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.7 x 0.8
ISBN: 0312367635
EAN: 9780312367633
ASIN: 0312367635
Publication Date: March 4, 2008
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Condition: Previously Circulated Library Book - Plastic jacket, library ownership labels, spine label, etc
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Yes - A Home Run March 24, 2008
Sure, the easy title for a baseball book, but in this case so true.
"Six Innings" is the rarity, the book that hooks both teenagers and adults. A baseball book, but not just for baseball fans. A sports book with real human interest, and (hey, more importantly, let's not forget what this is) real compelling baseball.
A book about kids that reminds us what kids are really like.
Prellers gift is twofold: he knows the game of baseball and how to communicate it and he still remembers vividly what it is like to be young and how kids feel and behave.
Recommended to everyone who is Little League age, or ever has been.
Like the game of baseball...this book has it all. March 12, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I read Six Innings with my sixth grader, who can't wait for baseball season to start each spring. We absolutely loved it!
This book is wonderful on so many levels. James Preller captures the game of baseball and all that it means to kids (and adults). But it's not just a book about baseball. It's about being a kid. It's about being part of a team. It's about being a friend.
Six Innings is the story of two close friends, Sam and Mike, and the ups and downs of their friendship, their families, their lives. Their story, like the stories of the rest of the little leaguers in the book, is revealed pitch by pitch, half-inning by half-inning, as a dramatic championship game is played.
The baseball action is entertaining, realistic, and filled with the twists and turns that come with the game. Young readers will identify with the authentic characters and dialogue. If kids don't recognize themselves somewhere in this book, then they'll recognize kids they know. Don't think that this is "just a baseball book" though - it is so much more. The depth of the story beyond the game and the challenges the kids face off the field will completely draw you in, too.
Should be required reading at little league diamonds around the country this spring!
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