Status
Available
Call number
Description
Pitching prodigy Michael Arroyo is on the run from social services after being banned from playing Little League baseball because rival coaches doubt he is only twelve years old and he has no parents to offer them proof.
Collection
Publication
Puffin Books (2007), Edition: Reprint, 256 pages
Subjects
Awards
Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Honor — 2009)
Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Award (Nominee — 2009)
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Middle Grade — 2009)
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Young Adult — 2009)
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Nominee — 2009)
Georgia Children's Book Award (Finalist — 2009)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2009)
Sasquatch Book Award (Nominee — 2010)
Nutmeg Book Award (Nominee — Teen — 2009)
Iowa Teen Award (Nominee — 2009)
South Dakota Teen Choice Book Awards (Honor — 2009)
California Young Reader Medal (Nominee — 2009)
Golden Archer Award (Nominee — 2008)
Charlotte Award (Winner — 2008)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee — Grades 6-9 — 2008)
Colorado Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2009)
Isinglass Teen Read Award (Nominee — 2008)
Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Nominee — 2009)
South Carolina Book Awards (Nominee — Junior Book Award — 2009)
Children's Favorites Awards (Selection — 2007)
Notable Children's Book (2007)
Texas Lone Star Reading List (2008)
Language
Original publication date
2005
Physical description
256 p.; 5.44 inches
ISBN
0142407577 / 9780142407578
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