An average kid with an above average talent for predicting baseball pitches tries to help his favorite player out of a slump in this entertaining novel from bestselling authors Tim Green and Derek Jeter.
Jalen DeLuca loves baseball. Unfortunately his dad can't afford to keep him on the travel team. His dad runs a diner and makes enough to cover the bills, but there isn't enough to cover any extras. So Jalen decides to take matters into his own hands and he sneaks into the home of the New York Yankee's star second baseman, James Yager, and steals a couple of balls from his personal batting cage. He knows that if he can sell them, he'll be able to keep himself on the team.
But like the best-laid plans-or in this case the worst!-Jalen's scheme goes wrong when Yager catches him. But Jalen has a secret: his baseball genius. He can analyze and predict almost exactly what a pitcher is going to do with his next pitch. He can't quite explain how he knows, he just knows. And after proving to Yager that he really can do this, using a televised game and predicting pitch after pitch with perfect accuracy, the two agree to a deal. Jalen will help Yager out of his batting slump and Yager won't press charges.
However, when he begins to suspect that the team's general manager has his own agenda, Jalen's going to need his friends and his unusual baseball talent to save not only Yager's career, but his own good name.
The tenth book in the brilliant Roald Dahl Funny Prize winning BARRY LOSER series.
Perfect for readers aged 7-10 years old and fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Tom Gates,
Dennis the Menace and Pamela Butchart's Wigglesbottom Primary series.
Everyone at Barry’s school has gone football crazy, but Barry gets thrown out of the team (the Mogden Maniacs) for being completeerly rubbish. Then it turns out that his best friend Bunky is a super striker – so Barry becomes his manager. The cup final match is approaching and Bunky’s getting carried away with his football fame – can Barry keep his head in the game?
Join everyone’s favourite Loser on his tenth hilarious adventure!
Barry Loser: I am not a loser was selected as a Tom Fletcher Book Club 2017 title.
Future Ratboy and the Invasion of the Nom Noms is shortlisted for the Lollies Award 2017
Don't miss the other funny books by Jim Smith:
BARRY LOSER
I am not a Loser
I am still not a Loser
I am so over being a Loser
I am sort of a Loser
Barry Loser and the holiday of doom
Barry Loser and the case of the crumpled carton
Barry Loser hates half term
Barry Loser and the birthday billions
Barry Loser's ultimate book of keelness
Barry Loser’s Christmas Joke Book
My mum is a loser
My dad is a loser
Future Ratboy and the Attack of the Killer Robot Grannies
Future Ratboy and the Invasion of the Nom Noms
Future Ratboy and the Quest for the Missing Thingy
Praise for BARRY LOSER:
'Twice as good as my other favourite book, Diary of a Wimpy Kid' Ben, aged 7 years
'Hugely enjoyable, surreal chaos' Guardian
'The review of the eight year old boy in our house … 'Can I keep it to give to a friend?' Best recommendation you can get' Observer
'I laughed so much, I thought I was going to burst!' Finbar, aged 9
Jim Smith is the keelest kids’ book author in the whole wide world amen. He graduated from art school with first class honours (the best you can get) and is the author of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize-winning and bestselling BARRY LOSER series. He is also the author of the Barry Loser spin-off series, FUTURE RATBOY. He lives in London, and designs cards and gifts under the name Waldo Pancake.
Flashlights...check. Snacks....check. Bear spray...check. Wait, BEAR SPRAY!?
Spunky siblings Nino and Tenna are ready for their next adventure. There’s a full moon tonight, so you know what that means? Backyard Campout!
So maybe the tent took a few tries to set up. And maybe a few marshmallows are a little extra crispy. That’s what is so fun about a campout!
This campy tale is perfect for the reader who enjoys fun and exciting stories about friendship and animals, and who loves to laugh. Plus it's packed with facts about nighttime critters like owls, crickets, and more! ;)
Grab your flashlight and your sleeping bag. We’re off to experience the great outdoors!
Stories in the Adventures of Nino and Tenna series offer a positive and encouraging message using creativity, imagination, exploration, and play to entertain and inspire readers. And they always include activities related to the story for readers to enjoy!
From the imagination of an actual preschooler!
Summer Camp! Arizona learns the importance of paying attention to her instructors while riding a horse. During a scavenger hunt, Arizona discovers the importance of a positive attitude when working with a team. Arizona discovers that everyone is worried about going to camp for the first time. Stories by Lissa Rovetch.
Violet's camping out too, but her friends don't want Arthur around. So Arthur decidesto collect slimy things he knows Violet wouldn't like. But he doesn't count on slippery rocks and swooping bats, or hunger pangs. Then he smells hot dogs roasting over a warm fire...
Gordon Korman meets The Great Outdoors in this funny and moving debut about a boy who goes on a disastrous family vacation (sweltering heat! bear chases!) that ends with a terrible surprise: his dad's new girlfriend.There are zero reasons for Theo Ripley to look forward to his family vacation. Not only are he, sister Laura, and nature-obsessed Dad going to Big Bend, the least popular National Park, but once there, the family will be camping. And Theo is an indoor animal. It doesn't help that this will be the first vacation they're taking since Mom passed away. Once there, the family contends with 110 degree days, wild bears, and an annoying amateur ornithologist and his awful teenage vlogger son. Then, Theo's dad hits him with a whopper of a surprise: the whole trip is just a trick to introduce his secret new girlfriend. Theo tries to squash down the pain in his chest. But when it becomes clear that this is an auditioning-to-be-his-stepmom girlfriend, Theo must find a way to face his grief and talk to his dad before his family is forever changed.
Gordon Korman meets The Great Outdoors in this funny and moving debut about a boy who goes on a disastrous family vacation (sweltering heat! bear chases!) that ends with a terrible surprise: his dad's new girlfriend.
There are zero reasons for Theo Ripley to look forward to his family vacation. Not only are he, sister Laura, and nature-obsessed Dad going to Big Bend, the least popular National Park, but once there, the family will be camping. And Theo is an indoor animal. It doesn't help that this will be the first vacation they're taking since Mom passed away.
Once there, the family contends with 110 degree days, wild bears, and an annoying amateur ornithologist and his awful teenage vlogger son. Then, Theo's dad hits him with a whopper of a surprise: the whole trip is just a trick to introduce his secret new girlfriend.
Theo tries to squash down the pain in his chest. But when it becomes clear that this is an auditioning-to-be-his-stepmom girlfriend, Theo must find a way to face his grief and talk to his dad before his family is forever changed.
When Amanda and her friends make a pinky-promise to run together in the Cross-Country race at school, Amanda needs to make a choice. Should she keep her promise or win the race.
It’s OPERATION CROSS COUNTRY!
Even though she is competitive, Amanda learns it is more important to show kindness to others than win.
Santiago y Macarena son dos hermanos de nueve y siete años respectivamente. Por razones de trabajo sus padres se trasladan a vivir a Alminar. Para ellos es un cambio brutal, pasan de vivir en una gran ciudad a un pueblecillo minúsculo perdido entre montañas. Los pobres no se adaptan al pueblo; además, al poco tiempo de llegar, los otros chiquillos les dirigen «entre juegos y sin querer... evitarlo» hacia la casa de la malvada bruja. Caen por accidente en una fosa de donde los sacan la maga y su gato Carbonilla, este será el comienzo de la amistad entre ellos y Piruja. A lo largo de los capítulos la mujer enseña a los niños a conocer el bosque, a respetar la naturaleza, a valorar la amistad y, sobre todo, a mirar debajo de la coraza hasta encontrar el corazón.
Listen and relive the exciting tales from Highlights, now on audio! Learn the secrets of stone-skipping champions and about a blind skier, along with other stories about sports and games.
Stories include: A Coaching Legend by Paul Robert Walker, Blind Ambition by Rachelle Burk, Changing-Up Your Pitching by C. G. Morelli, Dedicated to the Goal by Marty Kaminsky, Fishing for a Living by Sara Matson, Having a Ball by Jen Bryant, Inuit Games by Nicole Lapointe, Making a Splash by Carla C. Engelbrecht, Marathon Man by Randy Stowell, On Your Mark Get Set Pedal by Natasha Wing, and more!
