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Six Innings
Six Innings
Six Innings
James Preller
Two teams, six innings, one game.A lively cast of characters--baseball-loving boys between the ages of eleven to thirteen--are playing the biggest game of their lives. With acrobatic catches, clutch hits, dramatic whiffs, and costly errors, this game is full of action. But as the book unfolds, pitch by pitch, a deeper story emerges, with far more at stake: Sam and Mike, best friends, are trying to come to terms with Sam's newly diagnosed cancer. And this baseball diamond becomes the ultimate testing ground of Sam and Mike's remarkable friendship as they strive to find a way to both come out winners.This is for the championship.This is for life.Six Innings is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
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Genre: 

  • Fiction
  • Juvenile Fiction
  • Sports

Age Level: 

  • 12 and up
Six Innings review by TMac
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TMac

Sam's life is playing baseball with his friends, but now that he has leukemia, he can't play anymore. He is now watching from above as he commentates on the most important game of the season. Meanwhile, his best friend is in the game, but nothing is the same as it was before. Each of them has to suffer their separation from each other. While they both find it difficult to keep things normal under the extraordinary circumstances, in the end, they find a way to rebuild their friendship.

Rating:
3
Content Rating:

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