No Easy Way: The Story of Ted Williams and the Last .400 Season
•A Junior Library Guild Selection
•A Booklist Top 10 Sports Book For Youth
•A Mass. Center for the Book Must Read
•A Capitol Choices Noteworthy Book
•Bank Street College Best Children's Books of the Year title
The Story
It’s 1941— a legendary year in baseball. It’s the year that Red Sox slugger Ted Williams makes history! With just a doubleheader left to play and the whole world watching, Williams is on the verge of batting a record-breaking .400 for the entire season. Here is the exciting story of that spectacular year and the player who inspired the nation with a feat so amazing, no one has equaled it since.