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Keeping Score

Linda Sue Park

Against the background of major league baseball and the Korean War, Maggie Fortini, who is a diehard Brooklyn Dodgers fan, finds a way to make a difference in the world when her brother Jim is drafted into the army and needs her help. 75,000 first printing.

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Book Details

Genre:

Fiction
Juvenile Fiction
Sports

Age Level:

12 and up

Keeping Score review by AOrn

AOrn

Maggie, as most people call her, or Margaret Olivia Fortini, is one of the biggest Brooklyn Dodgers fans there is. Maggie lives near the firehouse and has some friends in there. She listens to every game with them at the firehouse, and even though she doesn't play the game, she knows a lot about it. She can recite player statistics, batting averages, innings and she understands all of the plays. She prays so much but year after agonizing year the Dodgers still don't win the World Series. When the firehouse gets a new fire fighter, Jim, Maggie starts to bond with him over baseball.