| Baseball Fever Contributor(s): Hurwitz, Johanna (Author) |
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ISBN: 0380732556 ISBN-13: 9780380732555 Publisher: HarperCollins OUR PRICE: $6.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2000 Annotation: EZRA FELDMAN, ALMOST TEN, LIKES BASEBALL more than anything else in the world. But his father cannot understand why his son would rather rot his brains watching men swinging big wooden sticks than read a book or play chess. Can an unwanted car trip, a grumpy old professor, and a surprising chess victory help father and son find a little common ground -- and convince Ezra's dad that cheering for the national pastime isn't completely off base? |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation - Baseball - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Parents |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 8105633 |
| Lexile Measure: 760 |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.1" W x 7.84" (0.19 lbs) 128 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 5353 Reading Level: 5.0 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 2.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ezra Feldman, almost ten, likes baseball more than anything else in the world. But his father cannot understand why his son would rather rot his brains watching men swinging big wooden sticks than read a book or play chess. Can an unwanted car trip, a grumpy old professor, and a surprising chess victory help father and son find a little common ground--and convince Ezra's dad that cheering for the national pastime isn't completely off base?Ezra Feldman, almost ten, likes baseball more than anything else in the world. But his father cannot understand why his son would rather rot his brains watching men swinging big wooden sticks than read a book or play chess. Can an unwanted car trip, a grumpy old professor, and a surprising chess victory help father and son find a little common ground--and convince Ezra's dad that cheering for the national pastime isn't completely off base? |
Contributor Bio(s): Hurwitz, Johanna: - Johanna Hurwitz is the award-winning author of more than sixty popular books for young readers, including Faraway Summer; Dear Emma; Elisa Michaels, Bigger & Better; Class Clown; Fourth-Grade Fuss; and Rip-Roaring Russell, an American Library Association Notable Book. Her work has won many child-chosen state awards. A former school librarian, she frequently visits schools around the country to talk about her books. Mrs. Hurwitz and her husband divide their time between Great Neck, New York, and Wilmington, Vermont. |