Reviews

School Library Journal:

"A story with plenty of play-by-play action, a good plot, a valuable lesson and some interesting baseball history. . . . Bowen pitches a winner here."

Virginia Center for
Children's Books:

Fred Bowen seems a likely successor to Matt Christopher. Fred is clearly a sports nut . . . .

I just finished reading Fred's latest book, Winners Take All, and it has all the key elements to hook those reluctant readers: not too tough, strong plot, and it's about sports. This book about baseball is written on a 3rd grade reading level and the story has lots more than baseball in it. . . .I thought it was a great read and know that your reluctant readers will just love this series.

Another aspect of Fred's books that I really like is the section called "The Real Story" at the very end. It explains the things embedded in the story that really happened in the world of sports. . . What a wonderful idea to use real life sports figures and have them be a tie-in to the theme of this book. I loved it! - Joan Kindig, Ed.D

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