- Publication Season/Year: Spring, 2009
- Publisher: Random House
- Release Date: February 24, 2009
- ISBN: (paperback) 9780375856037
- ISBN: (hardcover) 9780375956034
BABE RUTH AND THE BASEBALL CURSE is a fast-paced account of Babe Ruth, the Boston Red Sox, and the terrible curse that seemed to follow the Red Sox after they traded their star pitcher to the New York Yankees.
Before 1918, the Boston Red Sox were unstoppable. They won World Series after World Series, thanks in part to their charismatic pitcher-slugger Babe Ruth. But some people on the Red Sox felt the Babe was more trouble than he was worth, and he was traded away to…
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Categories: 2009 Spring · Action/Adventure · Biography · Events · Kelly, David A. · Massachusetts · Random House · Rated G · Sports
THE FOURTH STALL by Chris Rylander
- Publication Season/Year: 2011
- Publisher: Harpercollins
- Release Date: TBD
- ISBN (hardcover): TBD
- ISBN (paperback): TBD
Christian "Mac" Barrett is a fifth grade "Godfather" who runs a business operation out of the fourth stall of the boy's bathroom and has the answer to everyone's problems -- be it help with a bully, test answers, candy, or even dates with girls. But his business is threatened when Staples, a bookie and high school dropout, sets up shop in Mac's school. Now Mac has to deal not only with the day-to-day problems of running his business, but also a legendary villain and…
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Categories: 2009 Fall · Action/Adventure · Aladdin · Bullies · Contemporary · Crime · Espionage · Events · Friendship · Humor · Local · Middle Grade · National · North Dakota · Rated PG · Rylander, Chris · Sports