A baseball book pulsing with action. Baseball Great offers a baseball story attuned to todays headlines, a totally involving, character-driven, sports-centered thriller. Perfect for fans of Mike Lupica. As a young reviewer on Brightly.com said: Great book with many exciting, surprising events that make you want to keep reading." When the school paper calls him Grant Middles best hope for its first-ever city-wide championship, Josh feels like hes starting to get noticedin and bad ways. Seeing Joshs talent, his father drags him out of the school baseball tryouts and gets him in the running for the Titans, the local youth championship team coached by Rocky Valentine. All Josh really wants to do is play ball, but now Rocky wants him to gulp down protein shakes and other supplements. Suspicious, Josh and his new friend, Jaden, uncover a dangerous secretand catch the attention of one man who will do anything to keep them from exposing it.

 

This is volume 1 in Baseball Great .

This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

There are 272 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by HarperCollins .

Tim Green was a NFL first-round draft pick and a star defensive player for eight years with the Atlanta Falcons. He is the New York Times bestselling author of dozens of books for adults and kids including The Dark Side of the Game , The Fifth Angel , Exact Revenge , Football Genius , Football Hero , Kid Owner , and Left Out . Tim graduated co-valedictorian with a degree in English literature from Syracuse University before earning a law degree with honors. He has been an NFL commentator for FOX Sports and NPR. Tim and his family live in upstate New York.