Cal Ripken, Jr.s AllStars SuperSi..., Cal Ripken, Jr.
Cal Ripken, Jr.s AllStars SuperSi..., Cal Ripken, Jr.
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Cal Ripken, Jr.'s All-Stars: Super-Sized Slugger

Author: Cal Ripken, Jr., Kevin Cowherd

Narrator: Stephen Hoye

Unabridged: 4 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/13/2012

Synopsis

Cody Parker may be overweight (he prefers the word burly), but he plays third base like a dream. Too bad no one knows it yet, because he’s new to Baltimore, where he’s a target—okay, a big target—for brutal teasing. Even worse, he’s competing for the starting job on the Orioles of the Dulaney Babe Ruth League against budding hoodlum.

Dante Rizzo, who vows to squeeze Cody’s head like a grape if Cody beats him out. Life gets even more complicated when York Middle School is beset by a rash of mysterious thefts, a crime wave that threatens to sideline Cody—and ruin a golden season for the Orioles. Will Cody ever succeed in getting people to see him for who he really is?
 
“Ripkin and Cowherd have created a definite winner for anyone with the slightest interest in baseball, sports in general, those adjusting to a new city or school, being overweight in middle school, or just wanting to be entertained by a good story.”—School Library Journal, starred review

About The Author

Cal Ripken, Jr. was a shortstop and third baseman for the Baltimore Orioles for his entire twenty-one-season career (1981–2001). He is most remembered for playing a record 2,632 straight games over seventeen seasons, shattering the record previously held by the legendary Lou Gehrig. In 2007 he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, after earning the most votes in history.Kevin Cowherd is an award-winning sports columnist with The Baltimore Sun. He has also written for Men’s Health, Parenting, and Baseball Digest magazines and is the author of a collection of columns, Last Call at the 7-Eleven.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Eric

To understand why this book made me fall in love with it you need to know that I struggled to find a good book to read and thankfully I had a great friend to recommend this to me so to everyone who likes sports and struggles to read long informational books this is a great choice.Personally I relate......more

Goodreads review by Danny

My ten year old son bought me this book for a gift with his own money because he knows how much I love baseball. To be honest I was not expecting much, but it was a decent read. Some of the story didn't flow as well as other books, but the basic premise was ok and I was glad to share a book with my......more

Goodreads review by Karm

Super Sized Slugger Reasons Why I Liked This Book Super sized slugger was a big hit, it would be at least a triple as a review from me. This book was a really good book for me because I was able to relate from my experience to his, because I play baseball. But even I did not play baseball, this wou......more

Goodreads review by Nathan

This book was about a kid named Cody who had just moved to a new home. Which is pretty hard to do because then you have to make new friends. Once Cody moved in he tried out for a new baseball team and ends up doing really good. At the try outs he meets a kid named Dante who ends up talking trash abo......more

Goodreads review by Abby

Lexile: 810L DRA: 50 This is a really great book about being the new kid. I think it is a very relatable book for anyone who has had to move schools or has ever been bullied.......more

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