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Stranded on an unknown planet when their spaceship runs out of fuel, the Jameson family must rely on their robot to save their lives.
... Jason becomes convinced that a knowledgeable school custodian, Mack Henry, is really a former star pitcher of the old Negro leagues. The revelation of Mr. Henry's secret and Jason's efforts to recruit him as his new team's coach ...--Horn Book
HANG TOUGH, PAUL MATHER, originally published by Lippincott/Harper Collins, tells the story of a young pitcher who, thrown a curve by life, fires back. But living is more than a game for Paul, who has been diagnosed with leukemia, a cancer of the blood. With the help of a young doctor, a ballplayer himself, and his own grit and courage, Paul Mather fights back. Paul Mather hangs tough.
"Jake is back! The tough, independent, eleven year old ball player, the leader of the Print-Alls-- a team that will be broken up unless they find a coach. Jake, an orphan, lives with his Uncle Lenny, an ex-athlete and now a musician. Lenny plays his music at night while Jake is supposedly sleeping. Jake is having trouble getting to school in the morning while Lenny is sleeping. As a family unit, they're in trouble; as a team the Print-Alls are in trouble"--Page 4 of cover.
Jack and his robot buddy, Danny One, set off for the planet Janus to rescue the young King Paul from his conniving uncle.
Andy loves to collect baseball cards, but most of all, he loves his grandfather, an ex-Major League baseball player who thinks that baseball card collecting is a useless hobby. When Andy must choose to either play by his grandfather's rules or do whatever it takes to trade for his grandfather's baseball card, he learns a valuable lesson on hero worship.
Ezell's father finagles a Little League team for Ezell and his friends with himself as coach, a job he's never had before.
Grade Level 3.7, Book# 5379, Points 3.
Traveling by VOYA-CODE, it takes Jack only a few seconds to get to the planet where his aunt lives, six million light years away. Jack has gone to Alpha I to help his aunt move to earth. Aunt Katherine is acting strangely, not like herself at all. And Frank and Ruth Arbo, the couple who manage her fantastically wealthy mining company, seem downright sinister. Something is very wrong on Alpha I -- and it's up to Jack to set things right.
Grade Level 3.8, Book # 5373, Points 2.