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Scaredy-Cat Catcher (Gym Shorts)
By Hicks, Betty & McCauley, Adam
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2009
Gr 2-4 Last season, Rocky was the best catcher in his league, until a hit from a player who was sliding into home plate broke his arm. He has high hopes for making the all-star team this year, but every time he tries to tag a runner out, he jerks up his arm instinctively, a reflex he's developed after last season's injury. With the help of his friends, a support...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2009
Rocky was the best catcher in the league until he broke his arm making a tag. Now healed, Rocky keeps yanking his arm out of...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on June 1, 2009
Rocky has been looking forward to playing baseball since last year, when a broken arm ended his season early. But his tentative reaction as a runner slides into home—“Gravel flying. Cleats coming at him.”—comes as a terrible surprise. Fortunately, Betty Hicks has surrounded Rocky with his close friends, Henry, Goose, Jazz, and Rita. As in previous Gym Shorts books, the friends show their support for one another in pleasingly unsentimental ways....Log In or Sign Up to Read More
