TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lupica,Mike
TI  - Heavy hitters
T2  - Game changers
SN  - 0545381843
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Scholastic Inc.
KW  - Baseball players
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Baseball stories
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Batting (Baseball)
KW  - Dysfunctional families
KW  - Fear
KW  - Friendship
KW  - Baseball
KW  - Fiction
N2  - Ben and his friends, the Core Four Plus One, are so excited to play in their town's All-Star Baseball league. But in the first game of the season Ben gets hit by a pitch. It's never happened to him before and it shakes him up. Another player on Ben's team, Justin, is acting really weirdly. Ben has known Justin for a while and they're friendly but he's not one of Ben's closest "boys." Justin is the team's best hitter but his behavior on and off the field is erratic. Ben discovers that Justin's parents are getting a divorce and Justin is thinking about quitting the team. Like good teammates do, Justin helps Ben deal with his issues at bat while Ben is there for his friend while his family is struggling
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