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KID COACH, THE
Written by Fred Bowen
Illustrated by Ann Barrow

Paperback: $5.95
ISBN: 978-1-56145-506-5
Size: 5-1/2 x 7-1/2
Middle Reader, ages 8-12/Fiction/Sports

Fred Bowen is the author of Peachtree's popular Fred Bowen Sports Story and All-Star Sport Story series. A lifelong sports fanatic, he has coached youth league baseball, basketball, and soccer. His kids' sports column "The Score" appears each week in the KidsPost section of the Washington Post. Bowen lives in Maryland.You can visit Fred Bowen's website at: www.fredbowen.com


Kid Coach, The

Scott and his teammates can't find an adult to coach their team, so they must find a leader among themselves. Now in a newly revised format!

Accelerated Reader & Reading Counts Tests:
Reading Counts Test #: Q13065
Reading Counts Level: 3.8
AR Quiz#: 17573
AR Reading Level: 4.0


THE TIGERS ARE IN TROUBLE.

Baseball season is underway, and Coach Skelly has just quit. When Scott and his teammates can't find an adult to coach the team, it looks as if the Tigers' season might be over before it really begins.

But then the players have an idea: what if one of them became coach? They learn about leadership and discover unique and unrecognized talents among their own friends. Woven into the story are real-life tales of player-managers in Major League Baseball.

For more information, please visit www.sportsstoryseries.com.

Awards

* Nominee, 1999-2000 Volunteer State Book Award (intermediate list)

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