Satch & Me (Baseball Card Adventures #7)

by Dan Gutman (Author)

Reading Level: 6th − 7th Grade

"You wanna know who threw the fastest pitch ever?"

Many baseball players claim that Satchel Paige was the fastest pitcher in the history of the game. Stosh and his coach, Flip Valentini, are on a mission to find out. With radar gun in tow, they travel back to 1942 and watch Satch pitch to power hitter Josh Gibson in the Negro League World Series. They soon learn that everything about Satch is fast--whether it's his talking, driving, or getaways. But is he really the fastest pitcher who ever lived? This baseball card adventure is a whirlwind of excitement, drama, and curveballs--starring one of the liveliest athletes in the game!

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Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780060594930
Lexile Measure
660
Guided Reading Level
R
Publisher
HarperCollins
Publication date
January 27, 2009
Series
Baseball Card Adventures
BISAC categories
JUV004020 - Juvenile Fiction | Biographical | United States
JUV039120 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism
JUV032010 - Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation | Baseball
Library of Congress categories
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