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Little League #1
Play Ball!
The first book in an epic series about family, friendship, and baseball
Eleven-year-old cousins catcher Liam McGrath and pitcher Carter Jones grew up playing baseball together. Now, their team is on the verge of winning the greatest championship of the Little League Baseball World Series. To reach the title match, however, they must first beat their number one rivals from Southern California. Little do they know that the game will prove to be just the first challenge they'll face on their road to the championships.
Eleven-year-old cousins catcher Liam McGrath and pitcher Carter Jones grew up playing baseball together. Now, their team is on the verge of winning the greatest championship of the Little League Baseball World Series. To reach the title match, however, they must first beat their number one rivals from Southern California. Little do they know that the game will prove to be just the first challenge they'll face on their road to the championships.
224 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2013
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Matt Christopher
438 books141 followersMatt Christopher is the writer young readers turn to when they're looking for fast-paced, action-packed sports novels. He is the best-selling author of more than one hundred sports books for young readers.
Matt Christopher is America's bestselling sports writer for children, with more than 100 books and sales approaching six million copies. In 1992, Matt Christopher talked about being a children's book author.
"I became interested in writing when I was 14, a freshman in high school. I was selling magazines such as the Saturday Evening Post, Country Gentleman, and Liberty, and I would read the stories, particularly the adventure and mystery stories, and think how wonderful it would be to be able to write stories and make a living at it. I also read detective, horror, aviation, and sports stories and decided I would try writing them myself.
Determined to sell, I wrote a detective story a week for 40 weeks, finding the time to marry, work, and play baseball and basketball before I sold my first story in 1941, "The Missing Finger Points," for $50 to Detective Story magazine.
After writing and selling children's sports stories to magazines, I decided to write a baseball book for children. I was living in Syracuse, New York at the time, working at General Electric. I spoke about my idea to the branch librarian. She was immediately interested and told me that they needed sports stories badly. So I came up with my first children's book, The Lucky Baseball Bat. I submitted it to Little, Brown, and the book was published in 1954.
I'm sure that playing sandlot baseball and then semiprofessional baseball with a Class C club in the Canadian-American League influenced my writing. I had my own personal experiences, and I saw how other players reacted to plays, to teammates' and fans' remarks and innuendoes, to managers' orders, etc. All these had a great influence on my writing. My love of the game helped a lot, too, of course.
Out of all the books I've written, my favorite is The Kid Who Only Hit Homers. It's a fantasy, but the main character in it could be real. There are a lot of boys who would love to play baseball but, for some reason, cannot. The only difference between a real-life boy and Sylvester Coddmyer III is the appearance of a character named George Baruth, whom only Sylvester can see and who helps Sylvester become a good ballplayer.
I've written many short stories and books for both children and adults, and find that writing for children is really my niche. Being the eldest of nine children (seven boys and two girls), I've lived through a lot of problems many children live through, and I find these problems excellent examples to include in my books.
Sports have made it possible for me to meet many people with all sorts of life stories, on and off the field, and these are grist for this writer's mill. I'm far beyond playing age now, but I manage to go to both kids' and adult games just to keep up with them, and keep them fresh in my mind.Very few things make me happier than receiving fan letters from boys and girls who write that they had never cared for reading until they started to read my books. That is just about the ultimate in writing for children. I would never trade it for another profession."
Matt Christopher died on September 27, 1997. His legacy is now being carried on by his sons, Duane and Dale Christopher.
Matt Christopher is America's bestselling sports writer for children, with more than 100 books and sales approaching six million copies. In 1992, Matt Christopher talked about being a children's book author.
"I became interested in writing when I was 14, a freshman in high school. I was selling magazines such as the Saturday Evening Post, Country Gentleman, and Liberty, and I would read the stories, particularly the adventure and mystery stories, and think how wonderful it would be to be able to write stories and make a living at it. I also read detective, horror, aviation, and sports stories and decided I would try writing them myself.
Determined to sell, I wrote a detective story a week for 40 weeks, finding the time to marry, work, and play baseball and basketball before I sold my first story in 1941, "The Missing Finger Points," for $50 to Detective Story magazine.
After writing and selling children's sports stories to magazines, I decided to write a baseball book for children. I was living in Syracuse, New York at the time, working at General Electric. I spoke about my idea to the branch librarian. She was immediately interested and told me that they needed sports stories badly. So I came up with my first children's book, The Lucky Baseball Bat. I submitted it to Little, Brown, and the book was published in 1954.
I'm sure that playing sandlot baseball and then semiprofessional baseball with a Class C club in the Canadian-American League influenced my writing. I had my own personal experiences, and I saw how other players reacted to plays, to teammates' and fans' remarks and innuendoes, to managers' orders, etc. All these had a great influence on my writing. My love of the game helped a lot, too, of course.
Out of all the books I've written, my favorite is The Kid Who Only Hit Homers. It's a fantasy, but the main character in it could be real. There are a lot of boys who would love to play baseball but, for some reason, cannot. The only difference between a real-life boy and Sylvester Coddmyer III is the appearance of a character named George Baruth, whom only Sylvester can see and who helps Sylvester become a good ballplayer.
I've written many short stories and books for both children and adults, and find that writing for children is really my niche. Being the eldest of nine children (seven boys and two girls), I've lived through a lot of problems many children live through, and I find these problems excellent examples to include in my books.
Sports have made it possible for me to meet many people with all sorts of life stories, on and off the field, and these are grist for this writer's mill. I'm far beyond playing age now, but I manage to go to both kids' and adult games just to keep up with them, and keep them fresh in my mind.Very few things make me happier than receiving fan letters from boys and girls who write that they had never cared for reading until they started to read my books. That is just about the ultimate in writing for children. I would never trade it for another profession."
Matt Christopher died on September 27, 1997. His legacy is now being carried on by his sons, Duane and Dale Christopher.
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January 2, 2024
A perfect book for young readers who love baseball, especially the Little League World Series.
Very well written and easy to understand.
Very well written and easy to understand.
December 10, 2014
Little League: Play Ball! by Matt Christopher is fun and exciting book to read. The characters in the story are Liam McCarthy and Carter Jones, both who played little league baseball. Those were the main characters at least. They both were actually brothers. Together their dream was to be in the Little League World Series. During the story Liam gets split away from his brother. When that happens something is destine to go wrong. For the first time in their life they aren't playing on the same baseball team. This isn't the only problem they face throughout the story, they both have to deal with a super mean jerks on both of their teams. With all that topped on their head I don't think its even possible to make it too the World Series.
I recommend this book to anybody that wants to be an outstanding athlete. Its kind of an inspirational story. Specifically I recommend this book to kids 10 through 15. I say that because this book is actually pretty challenging to read. The word choice and the length of this book is what makes it challenging to read.
I recommend this book to anybody that wants to be an outstanding athlete. Its kind of an inspirational story. Specifically I recommend this book to kids 10 through 15. I say that because this book is actually pretty challenging to read. The word choice and the length of this book is what makes it challenging to read.
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October 16, 2017it was a very good book
May 26, 2024
Cheese cheese cheeeesy. (For a 30 year old woman that isn’t great with Middle Grade haha) But absolutely saving for JP. I think he’ll really like this series. My biggest issue was with the pacing but I 100% didn’t realize it was Book One in a series until I was almost finished so that’s on me! Pacing makes more sense that way. I do think the premise (and where it’s very clearly heading) has potential and, like I said, it’ll be great for a much younger audience. I’ll report back after JP finishes the series, but I don’t think I’ll be continuing it unless I’m suddenly low on baseball books next April.
October 21, 2013
This was going along all right and then it just stopped. Not an ending, not a cliff-hanger, just as if the author got tired of writing. Or rather, as if they thought they would have no chance of anyone reading the second book if they didn't end the first one in the middle of the story. The story was decent for young readers who like baseball stories, but the book was too obviously written as an advertisement for Little League.
May 16, 2015
I can't believe how I would feel if my cousins moved far away. What a. It sucks how they lose in the beginning. Amazing how those two teams face each other again. That would make me so mad if I had to move to the place where that team beat us. it's amazing what type of bond they have. It's funny how ones a pitcher and the other a catcher. This book had me hooked from the beginning
January 10, 2018
i like this book i use to play little league and the book reminded me how competitive it was with all the teams.
August 1, 2023
Read this with my 4yo. Pretty fun! Clean, enjoyable book about Little League. Not sure we’ll continue with the series, but I loved reading it with him!
September 12, 2018
I’m unsettled when I’m told to read a fiction book and I have the tendency to want to just skip pages and get the book over with. As usual I sit back, open the colorful colored covered book and start to read the ink covered pages vaguely, pretending like I’m reading. But, to my surprise after a page or two, I realized I wasn’t skipping through it; in fact, I was reading every single word of every single page and started noticing I was actually enjoying this fiction book. It felt just like I did when I read both the Hunger Games and The Outsiders, two really good books that I think matchup against this one.
The reason I was hooked into this book is because the main characters Carter, a tall, scrawny, optimistic, lefty and his cousin Liam, short, strong, and confident, are in the Little League World Series. Although we didn’t nearly get as far as they did, I can relate to them because I played on the Wellesley Williamsport team a couple of summers ago. I know from my own experience that it is very competitive and very fun.
The book is about two cousins who are very close, almost like brothers, who grew up right next to each other in the same town in Pennsylvania. Carter, the pitcher of the team, and his cousin Liam, the catcher, are the ultimate duo and play together on their Williamsport team. Their team faces many challenges to get into their position in the tournament, playing their rivals Southern California to advance to the finals. The team has a player named Philip Dimaggio who Carter had had a bad experience with at his baseball camp and gives him even more trouble before “Number One Fan!” “A figure pushed off from a wall near the door almost as if he’d been waiting for them.” and after the game, “Hey, McGrath. Made you whiff!”
Not only is the game of baseball bringing the two cousins together, but it is also breaking them apart when suddenly Liam’s family has to move. While Liam is trying to make friends and fit in in California, Carter is getting to know his new neighbor and catcher for baseball. This neighbor pushes Carter to do things he’s never done before and that gets him in some trouble. Liam, however, is trying to deal with his new town and he figures out his and his cousin’s enemy lives in the same town and they would be on the same Williamsport team if Liam were to make it.
This book stops suddenly and doesn’t really have a complete ending. However, the combination of baseball, friendship, and competition made for an unpredictable, page turning, phenomenal story that I think all should read and I definitely, no doubt about it, want to read the sequel, especially since I don’t feel the reader got closure from this book.
The reason I was hooked into this book is because the main characters Carter, a tall, scrawny, optimistic, lefty and his cousin Liam, short, strong, and confident, are in the Little League World Series. Although we didn’t nearly get as far as they did, I can relate to them because I played on the Wellesley Williamsport team a couple of summers ago. I know from my own experience that it is very competitive and very fun.
The book is about two cousins who are very close, almost like brothers, who grew up right next to each other in the same town in Pennsylvania. Carter, the pitcher of the team, and his cousin Liam, the catcher, are the ultimate duo and play together on their Williamsport team. Their team faces many challenges to get into their position in the tournament, playing their rivals Southern California to advance to the finals. The team has a player named Philip Dimaggio who Carter had had a bad experience with at his baseball camp and gives him even more trouble before “Number One Fan!” “A figure pushed off from a wall near the door almost as if he’d been waiting for them.” and after the game, “Hey, McGrath. Made you whiff!”
Not only is the game of baseball bringing the two cousins together, but it is also breaking them apart when suddenly Liam’s family has to move. While Liam is trying to make friends and fit in in California, Carter is getting to know his new neighbor and catcher for baseball. This neighbor pushes Carter to do things he’s never done before and that gets him in some trouble. Liam, however, is trying to deal with his new town and he figures out his and his cousin’s enemy lives in the same town and they would be on the same Williamsport team if Liam were to make it.
This book stops suddenly and doesn’t really have a complete ending. However, the combination of baseball, friendship, and competition made for an unpredictable, page turning, phenomenal story that I think all should read and I definitely, no doubt about it, want to read the sequel, especially since I don’t feel the reader got closure from this book.
May 20, 2020
This is a review for the whole five-book series, since it is a single story and the individual books do not necessarily offer a sense of conclusion. They need to be read in order:
1) Little League: Play Ball!
2) District Doubleheader
3) State Showdown
4) Perfect Game
5) Baseball World Series
I was quite pleased with this one. I thought it's easily my favorite of the several Matt Christopher stories I have read, and then I realized it's not actually written by Matt Christopher, since he died 16 years before this book was published. Apparently, Matt Christopher has become a franchise, and other writers are publishing under his name. These books are actually written by Stephanie True Peters.
Anyway, this is exactly what I ask of sport books for boys. It's easy to read for young readers, even reluctant ones, it has plenty of baseball action for those who love sports, and the baseball play is balanced with interesting drama for the characters. The series is about two cousins who have lived next to each other all their lives. They are like brothers and best friends, they love baseball and are good playing together. Their team makes it to the final of the American side of the Little League World series, where they meet a very strong opponent who had humiliated one of our heroes in the past and behaves in an arrogant manner.
Later, one of the cousins has to move away with his family, and they move to the same city where that former rival lives. The cousins miss each other a lot, and even though they keep in contact, they have to cope with the difficult experience of moving on and making new friends. I thought the whole thing was handled well, depicting realistically the difficulties of making new friends when you feel guilty for "replacing" your best friend, as if you are betraying him.
Both Carter and Liam are likable kids and I was rooting for them. I was always looking forward to reading more and finding out what happens next. As the boys' teams progressed in their respective little leagues, there was the possibility that if both of them made it to the world series again, they might end up having to play against each other.
1) Little League: Play Ball!
2) District Doubleheader
3) State Showdown
4) Perfect Game
5) Baseball World Series
I was quite pleased with this one. I thought it's easily my favorite of the several Matt Christopher stories I have read, and then I realized it's not actually written by Matt Christopher, since he died 16 years before this book was published. Apparently, Matt Christopher has become a franchise, and other writers are publishing under his name. These books are actually written by Stephanie True Peters.
Anyway, this is exactly what I ask of sport books for boys. It's easy to read for young readers, even reluctant ones, it has plenty of baseball action for those who love sports, and the baseball play is balanced with interesting drama for the characters. The series is about two cousins who have lived next to each other all their lives. They are like brothers and best friends, they love baseball and are good playing together. Their team makes it to the final of the American side of the Little League World series, where they meet a very strong opponent who had humiliated one of our heroes in the past and behaves in an arrogant manner.
Later, one of the cousins has to move away with his family, and they move to the same city where that former rival lives. The cousins miss each other a lot, and even though they keep in contact, they have to cope with the difficult experience of moving on and making new friends. I thought the whole thing was handled well, depicting realistically the difficulties of making new friends when you feel guilty for "replacing" your best friend, as if you are betraying him.
Both Carter and Liam are likable kids and I was rooting for them. I was always looking forward to reading more and finding out what happens next. As the boys' teams progressed in their respective little leagues, there was the possibility that if both of them made it to the world series again, they might end up having to play against each other.
April 17, 2019
Carter and Liam have been side-by-side since they were born. The two cousins have played baseball ever since they could pick up a bat. This year, they are finally so close to going to the Little League World Series. They just need to win one more game. But there’s so much more to baseball than just hitting the ball. When an old rival shows up at a game, the stakes are raised for Carter and Liam. Will the pressure become too much, causing the two to make mental mistakes and blow the game? Or will they overcome and get their chance to a spot in the biggest Little League series of the year?
This book is a great read for elementary readers who play baseball. Even if they don’t play baseball, any athlete will connect to the challenges and triumphs Carter and Liam face as they embark on their journey to the Little League World Series. This book will also connect with readers who’ve been forced to move before and leave all their friends behind. Christopher highlights all the mental challenges of the sport, as well as address what happens when a player gets consumed by one big mistake. He also writes very realistic dialogue, and when the games are happening, the book is impossible to put down.
This book is a great read for elementary readers who play baseball. Even if they don’t play baseball, any athlete will connect to the challenges and triumphs Carter and Liam face as they embark on their journey to the Little League World Series. This book will also connect with readers who’ve been forced to move before and leave all their friends behind. Christopher highlights all the mental challenges of the sport, as well as address what happens when a player gets consumed by one big mistake. He also writes very realistic dialogue, and when the games are happening, the book is impossible to put down.
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May 23, 2020For the first time in a long time, I can thoroughly say that I enjoyed reading a book. The two main characters, Carter and Liam were very relatable to me. They reminded me of my best-friend Gavin and me, inseparable. However, in the story the two get separated. After loosing in the US Championship for baseball against a team from California, Carter and Liam find out that Liam is moving. Not only is he moving out of state, but he is also moving across the country to California. When they played the team from Cali, there was a big jerk on the other team. He made fun of them and called them names, and Liam finds out that he is on the same team as next year. The story abruptly ends there, so I did not like that about the story. I wish it kept on going so I could see what happens during that season. I would recommend this book to an athlete because I think it is really relatable.
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October 25, 202111-year-old cousins, Liam and Carter, loved playing baseball together. Liam was a catcher and Carter was a pitcher. They grew up together playing the sport. They had a dream of winning the championship of the league, The Little League World Series. Liam then moves away and Carter is devastated. They now have to play against each other. Both teams that they played for were really good. They always cared for each other and never let the other one down.
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September 11, 2018
Although Matt Christopher’s Little League Play Ball is about baseball (not my favorite sport) the way he writes it makes it very exciting and makes you want to know more. This, of course, made me read the whole series and I enjoyed it very much.
May 15, 2018
a really good sports/baseball book.
December 10, 2018
Amazing book, after reading this you need to read the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th of the series.
June 9, 2019
I think the book was pretty good, especially for someone who plays baseball 👍
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September 18, 2019I thought the book was the best book I have read because I was able to stayed entertained since it was about a sport"baseball".
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December 9, 2022good book
April 3, 2023
This has a bad word in it so I would not reccomand it for my kids
August 12, 2025
I loved reading this series when I was nine and ten. I don't even remember how many times I read this series. A great book to start a great series. (starts and ends with a LLWS run??) Awesome.
May 19, 2015
Little League:Play Ball!
By: Matt Christopher
Book Review by: Madison
Moving away from your best friend was one of the hardest things for Carter and Liam. They have been friends since before they could walk. Moving away from each other changed everything for the two of them. They went from not being neighbors anymore to not playing on the same baseball team. All of this happens in the book called Little League:Play Ball! by Matt Christopher.
Matt Christopher is an amazing writer for kids. He has written many sports books in his lifetime. Some of his books are Tough to Tackle, State Showdown, The Basket Counts, and District Doubleheader. Matt Christopher typically writes about younger kids in different sports. He tries to convince kids to do their best in sports and encourages them to do their best in everything that they can. Matt Christopher intended this book to be for younger kids that like sports. The theme in this book is to teach kids to never give up on what they want to succeed in.
There are two main characters in this book, but a couple different characters join in as the story goes on. The two main characters are Carter and Liam. The two boys are both 11 year old cousins that play on the same baseball team together. They both grew up together their whole life and baseball was there thing that they always did together. There is one more important character that I am forgetting about. Phillip DiMaggio is Liam’s and Charters enemy. There are many reasons for them to dislike Phillip, but hating Phillip just makes them want to get better at baseball.
Now back to the main story! Carter and Liam are playing in a game that decides if they will go to the next game in the Little League World Series Tournament. They play Phillips team, which makes them want to win even more. The game is close the entire time, but the turnout of the game changes a lot.
After the game Liam finds out that he has to move to California. Part of moving away can be good or bad for Liam. It changes a lot about both Liam and Carter. Carter is having to find a new teammate to be his catcher and Liam needs to fight for his catcher's spot back. The two boys soon learn that baseball could tear them apart in different ways that can change their friendship forever.
This book has inspired many kids to never give up on their dreams and that you should always work hard for the things that you want in life! I advise all younger kids to read this book because it will be entertaining and also teach them lessons that they should all know.
By: Matt Christopher
Book Review by: Madison
Moving away from your best friend was one of the hardest things for Carter and Liam. They have been friends since before they could walk. Moving away from each other changed everything for the two of them. They went from not being neighbors anymore to not playing on the same baseball team. All of this happens in the book called Little League:Play Ball! by Matt Christopher.
Matt Christopher is an amazing writer for kids. He has written many sports books in his lifetime. Some of his books are Tough to Tackle, State Showdown, The Basket Counts, and District Doubleheader. Matt Christopher typically writes about younger kids in different sports. He tries to convince kids to do their best in sports and encourages them to do their best in everything that they can. Matt Christopher intended this book to be for younger kids that like sports. The theme in this book is to teach kids to never give up on what they want to succeed in.
There are two main characters in this book, but a couple different characters join in as the story goes on. The two main characters are Carter and Liam. The two boys are both 11 year old cousins that play on the same baseball team together. They both grew up together their whole life and baseball was there thing that they always did together. There is one more important character that I am forgetting about. Phillip DiMaggio is Liam’s and Charters enemy. There are many reasons for them to dislike Phillip, but hating Phillip just makes them want to get better at baseball.
Now back to the main story! Carter and Liam are playing in a game that decides if they will go to the next game in the Little League World Series Tournament. They play Phillips team, which makes them want to win even more. The game is close the entire time, but the turnout of the game changes a lot.
After the game Liam finds out that he has to move to California. Part of moving away can be good or bad for Liam. It changes a lot about both Liam and Carter. Carter is having to find a new teammate to be his catcher and Liam needs to fight for his catcher's spot back. The two boys soon learn that baseball could tear them apart in different ways that can change their friendship forever.
This book has inspired many kids to never give up on their dreams and that you should always work hard for the things that you want in life! I advise all younger kids to read this book because it will be entertaining and also teach them lessons that they should all know.
October 26, 2016
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Little League: Play Ball
Matt Christopher
This is a great book about baseball and tells a great story. The main characters in this book are Liam, Carter and Ash. Both of Ash and Liams baseball positions are catcher and Carters baseball position is pitcher. Carter and Liam consider both of them as cousins but there just really good friends. Ash is a new kid who moves into Carter's neighbor hood. Before Ash moves into Carters neighborhood Liam moves to California with his family. The house that Ash lives in with his family is Liam's old house.
Like I said this is a great book.
There are a lot of important themes and main ideas you can find in this book that will help you in the future. There is one really good theme though that can help you a lot in this book. This really good theme is don't lot anyone dig deeper into your skin. I know this is a theme for a couple of reasons first is because it's a lesson that is/can be learned in this book. Second is the main character is facing a challenge that leads you to a lesson. Some evidence that supports my lesson I said is this kid name Phillip strikes out Liam in the little league World Series and says to Liam you are terrible. Then Liam comes back next season and makes a game winning catch on Phillips hit. The last evidence is Liam is getting teased at his new school for striking out in the little league World Series to win the game. Then he comes back for little league tryouts and hits a home run. The evidence I gave you is evidence that Liam never lots anyone get more under his skin he just either stops them or shuts them up. This is a great book and I really recommend this book.
Little League: Play Ball
Matt Christopher
This is a great book about baseball and tells a great story. The main characters in this book are Liam, Carter and Ash. Both of Ash and Liams baseball positions are catcher and Carters baseball position is pitcher. Carter and Liam consider both of them as cousins but there just really good friends. Ash is a new kid who moves into Carter's neighbor hood. Before Ash moves into Carters neighborhood Liam moves to California with his family. The house that Ash lives in with his family is Liam's old house.
Like I said this is a great book.
There are a lot of important themes and main ideas you can find in this book that will help you in the future. There is one really good theme though that can help you a lot in this book. This really good theme is don't lot anyone dig deeper into your skin. I know this is a theme for a couple of reasons first is because it's a lesson that is/can be learned in this book. Second is the main character is facing a challenge that leads you to a lesson. Some evidence that supports my lesson I said is this kid name Phillip strikes out Liam in the little league World Series and says to Liam you are terrible. Then Liam comes back next season and makes a game winning catch on Phillips hit. The last evidence is Liam is getting teased at his new school for striking out in the little league World Series to win the game. Then he comes back for little league tryouts and hits a home run. The evidence I gave you is evidence that Liam never lots anyone get more under his skin he just either stops them or shuts them up. This is a great book and I really recommend this book.
October 8, 2015
"Little League Play Ball" is a book for people who love to read about sports. It has many different conflicts and challenges throughout the book. Carter and his cousin Liam look to go to Williamsport, Pennsylvania to win the Little League World Series. They meet many challenges and disappointments that made me want to keep reading even more. If you are a good reader, and able to keep up with many setting changes, you should read this book. If you're interested in a great realistic fiction book, read "Little League Play Ball" by Matt Christopher.
May 28, 2014
The theme of this book is love of the game. One example of the theme is how Liam still played baseball even though he'd be in the same league as his rival. Another example is how Carter still pitched to Ash even though he would prefer to have Liam behind the plate. An example of symbolism is Phillip. People should read this book because it is a descent example of the lives of little league baseball players.
March 10, 2015
This is a really good book! It's about 2 kids named Carter and Liam. They are cousins but closer than brothers. They grew up playing Little League baseball together since they were 4!!! But suddenly Liam moves across the whole country. Carter is so sad! Plus a kid named Ash moves into Liam's house and Carter and Ash have nothing in common. Or at least thats what Carter thinks. And Liam may have to be on Liam and Carters biggest rival Phillip DiMaggio's team! What could be worse?!?
April 25, 2016
This book is great for young ball players who dream of playing on the big field. I myself love playing baseball so it was like I was there with the characters. This book is also very realistic, not everything always goes as planned. This book is book one in a series and I recommend reading the whole series. Baseball is my favorite sport so I always dream about playing in the little league
World Series. I did not want to put this book down.
World Series. I did not want to put this book down.
July 10, 2016
I sort of can't believe I give these books such high ratings, but my baseball obsessed son loves them. This series tells the story of two cousins/best friends as they make their way through Little League baseball. Half of some of the books are just a play by play of what is happening in an 11-year-old baseball game, but my son couldn't be happier.
September 1, 2015
It is a very exciting book about two 11 year old cousins that are a very good pitcher and catcher battery until Liam's family decides to move to sunny California then Carter meets Ash who has a good Bat and glov and arm from behind the plate.
April 19, 2013
i like this book a lot because it is hard to perdick
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