missing mitt
By: by Edna Walker Chandler ; illustrated by Joel King.
Series: Ginn basic readers. Enrichment series for the middle grades
Publisher: Ginn and Co.
Published: 1955
Place of publication: [United States]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
Subjects: Baseball -- Juvenile fiction.; Theft -- Juvenile fiction.; Stealing -- Juvenile fiction.
Genres: Juvenile fiction.
Description: This is a mystery story inside a baseball story. When Ted's "birthday" mitt disappeared, all signs pointed to Scram, the poorest player on the Tenth Street team. Of course there was the new boy, Jom, to consider. But Jim was a fine player, and besides, he always seemed to have plenty of money. Why should he need to steal a mitt? Scram, on the other hand, had very littly money, and he needed a new mitt. Yet no one wanted to believe that he couled be a thief.
Notes: Grade level: Grades 4 through 6.