The Aurora County All-Stars - by Deborah Wiles (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Twelve-year-old House Jackson, star pitcher and team captain of the Aurora County All-Stars, has been sidelined for a year with a broken elbow. Now that he's healed, the biggest game of the season is set for the same day as the pageant for the county's 200th anniversary. What's House to do?<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Twelve-year-old House Jackson--star pitcher and team captain of the Aurora County All-Stars--has been sidelined for a whole sorry year with a broken elbow. He's finally ready to play, but wouldn't you know that the team's <i>only</i> game of the year has been scheduled for the exact same time as the town's 200th-anniversary pageant. Now House must face the pageant's director, full-of-herself Frances Shotz (his nemesis and perpetrator of the elbow break), and get his team out of this mess. There's also the matter of a mysterious old recluse who has died and left House a wheezy old dog named Eudora Welty--and a puzzling book of poetry by someone named Walt Whitman. Through the long, hot month of June, House makes surprising and valuable discoveries about family, friendship, poetry . . . and baseball.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>* A poignant and humorous coming-of-age story.--<i>Kirkus Reviews, </i>starred review <p>A slow-simmering stew of friendship and betrayal, family love and loyalty, and finding oneself.--<i>SLJ</i> <p>* A home run for Wiles.--<i>Publishers Weekly, </i> starred review <p> A Junior Library Guild Selection New York Public Library's One Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing<br>
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