The Catcher's Mask (Peach Street Mudders Series)

by Matt Christopher, Bert Dodson (Illustrator)

Overview

Mudders' catcher Rudy Calhoun is having a bad season behind the plate until, at a yard sale, he buys a used catcher's mask that greatly improves his playing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316141864
Publisher:	Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	05/01/1998
Series:	Peach Street Mudders Series
Edition description:	1 ED
Pages:	64
Product dimensions:	5.38(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	640L (what's this?)
Age Range:	7 - 9 Years

About the Author

Matt Christopher is the best selling name behind more than 100 sports-themed books for young readers.

Editorial Reviews

Gr 2-4While this brief book is easy to read, children will have to know a lot about baseball to understand and follow the game action, especially the lingo (e.g., "sacrifice bunt," "once around the horn," "next raps," "fanned," "snagged the throw"), which is not explained or easily discerned from context. The many characters (most with rather old-fashioned nicknames) may also lead to some confusion. Young Rudy blames all of his baseball woes on the team-owned catcher's mask so he buys a "new" mask and baseball book at a neighbor's yard sale. Information in the book and the "Y.B." on the mask lead him to believe that it once belonged to Hall-of-Famer Yogi Berra and that it will make him play like a pro, too. Although this fills the bill as an easy-reading sports-action book, the plot is only fair and the ending a little too pat. Buy it only if you have a demand for more about the Peach Street Mudders.Kate Kohlbeck, Randall School, Waukesha, WI

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