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Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Lexile measure
680L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (65 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Jo is disappointed when she is not placed on the Red Angels in the summer softball league--but when she is offered the chance to switch teams, Jo has to decide if she will leave her friends and play for the "winning" team--or win with the Sonics.
2) Stolen Bases
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Lexile measure
600L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (63 pages) : illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Every summer, Eva and Becca play softball. But this year, something strange is going on. One day at practice, the bag of equipment is missing. The next day, it's been returned. When the bag goes missing again, Eva and Becca decide to try to catch the crook. But the person they find is not at all what they expect!
Author
Series
My weirder-est school volume 10
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A.J.'s class is going head-to-head against Dirk School in a charity softball game. The losing team must clean the winning school's toilet with a toothbrush! Mr. Ott, retired baseball pro, intends to lead Ella Mentry School to victory, but will his weird tactics actually make the team lose?
4) Curveball
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
700L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (149 pages) : illustrations.
Language
English
Description
It's summer time and that means softball season! Victoria Torres is joining up with some of her friends to play co-ed softball on a city-league team coached by none other than her dad. As an experienced pitcher, Vicka thinks this is her chance to shine on the mound. But her Dad has different plans. He wants her and her strong arm in centerfield, but Victoria hates being stuck in the outfield! How will she deal with this curveball? A glossary, discussion...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Ana Flores has never really taken to sports, but when she observes the women's softball team practice at the college where her mother is going to teach, she is intrigued and decides to try out for a local team; unfortunately it is harder than it looks--but with some help from one of the college girls, Caitlin, and Mali, a pitcher who is mad she only made second team, Ana gets to work on her catching, and Mali works on her attitude,...
6) Team players
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
780L
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A girl with Asperger's joins Cassie's softball team but not everyone on the team welcomes her, creating a rift between Cassie and her teammates" -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Critter Club volume 18
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Little Simon paperback edition.
Lexile measure
440L
Physical Desc
120 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Ellie joins a softball team, she quickly realizes that the sport is harder than it looks! Is she meant only for the stage, not the field? And what happens when Ellie goes searching in the woods near the field for a stray ball and finds an injured baby deer?!
Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 4
Lexile measure
730L
Physical Desc
154 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
The pressure is on when Hank Zipzer is chosen as pitcher for the softball team at Public School 87's annual Olympiad, the most anticipated day of the school year.
Author
Series
Cupcake diaries volume 5
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Since all her Cupcake Friends have other activities besides making cupcakes, Katie tries her hand at softball and after much deliberation, steps up to the plate, realizing doing what you love always makes life sweeter.
10) Fast pitch
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
790L
Physical Desc
179 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Shenice Lockwood dreams of leading the Fulton Firebirds to the U12 softball regional championship. But Shenice's focus gets shaken when her great-uncle Jack reveals that a career-ending-and family-name-ruining-crime may have been a setup. It's up to Shenice to discover the truth about her family's past-and fast-before secrets take the Firebirds out of the game forever"--
Shenice Lockwood, captain of the Fulton Firebirds, is hyper-focused when she...
Author
Publisher
an imprint of Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
530L
Physical Desc
65 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the coach of her championship softball team asks Raisa Kumar to teach a new recruit, Annie, how to pitch she is eager to help, especially since she hopes to be a coach herself someday; but when the team's other pitcher turns up with a broken arm, teaching Annie takes on a new urgency--and Raisa's efforts at coaching seem to be frustrating Annie rather then helping her.
12) Bat 6
Author
Pub. Date
1998
Lexile measure
930L
Physical Desc
230 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
In small town, post-World War Oregon, twenty-one 6th grade girls recount the story of an annual softball game, during which one girl's bigotry comes to the surface.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
690L
Physical Desc
265 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
As she worries about her mother who is entering a rehab facility for alcoholism, eleven-year-old Veronica struggles with secrets, her favorite sport, softball, and what she really wants to do with her life.
Veronica Conway has been looking forward to trying out for the All-Star softball team for years. She's practically been playing the game since she was a baby. She should have this tryout on lock. Except right before tryouts, Veronicas mom announces...
Author
Pub. Date
1985
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
760L
Physical Desc
120 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Penny Farrell, captain and third baseman of the Hawks softball team, tries to uncover the reason for the strange behavior of two teammates who have also suddenly turned into super athletes.
Author
Series
Baby-sitters Club volume 20
Pub. Date
1989
Lexile measure
650L
Physical Desc
151 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Kristy sees how much her little brothers and sister want to play on a softball team, she starts a ragtag team of her own.
Author
Series
Sugar Creek Gang volume 33
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
Rev. ed.
Physical Desc
108 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Bill is having an unusually ordinary summer until his home run in a softball game jeopardizes Circus's life.
Author
Publisher
Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
680L
Physical Desc
276 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Nine-year-old Maria Singh learns to play softball just like her heroes in the All-American Girls' League, while her parents and neighbors are struggling through World War II, working for India's independence, and trying to stay on their farmland"--