Waiting for Teddy Williams
(Book)
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Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, [2004].
Physical Desc
280 pages ; 22 cm
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 13
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Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, [2004].
Format
Book
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 6, 13 Points
Level 6, 13 Points
Notes
Description
"The book begins on the eighth birthday of Ethan "E.A." Allen in the remote village of Kingdom Common, Vermont. Noted for its fervent, if unrequited, devotion to the Boston Red Sox, the village sports a replica of Fenway Park's Green Monster on top of the local baseball bat factory. Here, in a region that lags decades behind the rest of New England, E.A. lives with his honky-tonk mother, Gypsy Lee, and the acid-tongued Gran, wheelchair-bound since the Sox's heart-wrenching playoff loss to the Yankees in 1978. Homeschooled, fatherless, and living on the wrong side of the tracks, E.A. is haunted by a dark mystery in his family's past. He has only one close friend to talk it over with - a statue of his namesake on the village green." "Into the world of the Allen family comes a drifter named Teddy, who is determined to do one decent thing in his life by teaching E.A. everything he knows about baseball. As E.A. grows up and learns the secrets of the game, we get to know Kingdom Common and its flinty, colorful people. We also meet the incomparable manager of the Red Sox, the Legendary Spence, "the winningest big-league manager never to win a World Series," and his macaw, Curse of the Bambino. When the Sox's new owner vows to move the team to Hollywood if they lose the Series again, Spence, his pitching corps decimated by injuries, has to take a chance on a young nobody from Vermont."--BOOK JACKET
Target Audience
10-12
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,UG,6,13
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,6.0,13.0,85255.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Mosher, H. F. (2004). Waiting for Teddy Williams . Houghton Mifflin.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mosher, Howard Frank. 2004. Waiting for Teddy Williams. Houghton Mifflin.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mosher, Howard Frank. Waiting for Teddy Williams Houghton Mifflin, 2004.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Mosher, Howard Frank. Waiting for Teddy Williams Houghton Mifflin, 2004.
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