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The Boy Who Saved
Baseball John H. Ritter Penguin Group Incorporated © 2005 |
The book I read for was The Boy who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter. The main character of the story is Tom Gallagher. He finds himself in a tight spot. The fate of Dillontown rests on the outcome of one single baseball game, and the winner takes it all, and they are the champions. Some of the problems the main character faces is that at first he cannot find anyone to come and coach the baseball team. Then he does not know if he can rely on the other kids to help him win this game that means so much to them because the winner takes it all. Then he goes and starts to practice with them and they begin to become a very good team. They practiced everyday and got better and better. The coach of the team is Dante DelGato. Then there is a mysterious boy named Cruz de la Cruz who has just rode into Dillontown on horseback and claims to know the secret of hitting the ball. They all grow very close to each other and get along.
I like this book very much because it is about a boy who saved baseball. I can relate to him because I am very good at sports. I play them all the time, everyday of the week and year round.
~ Jonathan Cole, grade 11, Trumbull Career and Technical Center