Thumb on a Diamond

By: Ken Roberts

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Synopsis: A Horn Book Fanfare Top Ten List selection and an SSLI Honor Book Thumb and Susan come up with an ingenious plan that will take all of the village's nine school-aged kids on the trip of a lifetime. They'll form a baseball team, win the regional title and qualify to be sent to the provincial championships in Vancouver, courtesy of the school board. Never mind that none of them has ever played baseball before. Never mind that there are no other teams to compete for the regional championship. Never mind that the village is not even wide enough to accommodate a baseball diamond. With a lot of ingenuity and a little grownup help, including the advice of a shipwrecked British children's writer-cum-cricket-expert named Mr. Entwhistle, the New Auckland Beavers go into training and start packing their bags. But what will happen when they get to Vancouver? Will they be humiliated by the toughest teams in the province?

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 128 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781554981663
Related ISBNs:: 9781554986736, 9780888997050
Publisher:: Groundwood Books Ltd
Date of Addition:: 06/23/21
Copyrighted By:: Ken Roberts
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Children's Books, Sports, Literature and Fiction, Textbooks, Humor
Grade Levels:: Third grade, Fourth grade, Fifth grade
Reading Age:: 8–10
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.