Super slugger
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Cal Ripken, Jr., with Kevin Cowherd
Contributors: Cowherd, Kevin
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9780545565578; 9780545581431
Subjects: Baseball stories; Household Moving; Juvenile fiction; Overweight persons; Bullying; Theft; Schools; Middle schools; Baseball; Fiction; Bullies; Stealing; Mystery and detective stories; Récits de base-ball; Déménagement; Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse; Personnes en surpoids; Intimidation; Vol (Droit); Écoles; Écoles moyennes
Work titles: Super-sized slugger
Description: Thirteen-year-old Cody Parker moves to Baltimore, Maryland, where as a fat eighth-grader, he has to deal with brutal teasing from a baseball teammate, and his school is beset by a rash of mysterious thefts that threaten to sideline Cody and ruin a golden season for his team.
Notes: Originally published: New York : Hyperion Books for Children, ©2012 under title: Super-sized slugger.