A Price Stern Sloan Reader - Chapter 1 - Everyone's Hero: Keep on Swinging

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A children’s baseball story set in 1932 introduces Yankee Irving, a youngster who admires Babe Ruth and dreams of playing like a hero. After being teased and blamed for missing pitches, Yankee creates trouble with a rock, then discovers an old baseball that comes alive. The talking baseball introduces itself and keeps speaking, while Yankee is the only one who can hear it, setting up his plan to help the baseball and continue the adventure.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

FormatPDF

Pages52

Reading Time1 h 20 min

AccessFree to download

Chapter 1

Babe Ruth’s hero status and Yankee’s disappointment

The alive baseball and Yankee’s first encounter

Chapter 2

Yankee doubts at first but the ball keeps talking

Naming the baseball Screwie and hiding it away

Everyone's Basedon the hitmovie Keep on Swinging! A PRICE STERN SLOAN READER EAN Keep on Swinging! # A PRICE STERN SLOAN READER By Tracey WestBased on a story by Howard Jonas # PRICE STERN SLOAN PRICE STERN SLOANPublished by the Penguin Group Penguin Group(USA)Inc.,375 Hudson Street,New York,New York 100I4,U.S.A.Penguin Group(Canada),90 Eglinton Avenue East,Suite 700,Toronto,Ontario,Canada M4P2Y3(a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.) Penguin Books Ltd,80 Strand,London WC2R ORL,England Penguin Ireland,25 St Stephen's Green,Dublin 2,Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd) Penguin Group(Australia),250 Camberwell Road,Camberwell,Victoria 3124,Australia(a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd) Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd,11 Community Centre,Panchsheel Park,New Delhi-1100I7,IndiaPenguin Group(NZ),Cnr Airborne and Rosedale Roads,Albany,Auckland 1310,New Zealand(a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd) Penguin Books (South Africa)(Pty)Ltd,24 Sturdee Avenue,Rosebank,Johannesburg 2196,South Africa Penguin Books Ltd,Registered Offices:80 Strand,London WC2R ORL,England The scanning,uploading,and distribution of this book via the Internet or via any other meanswithout the permission of the publisher is illegal and punishable by law.Please purchase only authorizedelectronic editions,and do not participate in or encourage electronic piracy of copyrighted materials.Your support of the author's rights is appreciated. ◎ 2006 IDT Entertainment,Inc. Used under license by Penguin Young Readers Group.Published in partnership with and licensed byMajor League Baseball Properties,Inc.The Major League Club insignias depicted in this product aretrademarks which are the exclusive property of the respective Major League Baseball Clubs and may not bereproduced without their written consent.All rights reserved.Published by Price Stern Sloan,a division of Penguin Young Readers Group,345 Hudson Street,New York,New York 10014.PSS!is aregistered trademark of Penguin Group(USA)Inc.Printed in the U.S.A. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data West,Tracey,1965- Everyone's hero:keep on swinging!/by Tracey West.p.cm. Summary:Yankee Irving loves baseball—especially Babe Ruth—so when Babe's bat is stolen,Yankee enlists the aid of a talking baseballto go after the thief.ISBN 0-8431-2119-X(pbk.) [1.Baseball—Fiction.2.Ruth,Babe,1895-1948—Fiction.]1.Title.PZ7.W51937Ev 2006[E]-dc2220060I208010987654321 # Chapter 1 In 1932 Babe Ruth was everyone's hero.With his mighty bat,Darlin’,Babe hit homerun after home run.Thanks to Babe,theNew York Yankees were winning the WorldSeries.They were leading the ChicagoCubs 3-0. Kids everywhere wished they could batlike Babe.Especially one kid in particular:a boy named Yankee Irving. Yankee thought Babe was the best.Certainly,Babe was much better thanYankee himself.Every afternoon Yankeeplayed baseball with the neighborhood boys in thesandlot. Yankee alwaysgot pickedlast,but hedidn't care. When it was Yankee's turn at bat,theother boys teased him. “Don’t swing,Irving!” “Just take the pitch!” But Yankee swung at every pitch,nomatter how high or low it was.He missedonce...twice...three times.Yankee wasout! “You're never playing on my teamagain!"one of the kids said angrily. Yankee felt bad.He picked up a broomhandle and a rock from the ground.He hitthe rock like it was a baseball. Smash!The rock broke the windshieldof an old car.Yankee ran to the car.Underneath,he spotted an old baseball. Yankee picked up the tattered ball. “Guess nobody wants you in the game,either,"Yankee said sadly.He stuffed theball into his hat and walked home. Pictures ofbaseball players Covered the wall of Yankee'sbedroom.Yankee suddenly didn’tfeel like looking at them anymore.Hebegan to tear them off of the walls. Then Yankee heard athump.He turned aroundand saw the baseballrolling toward the door. Yankee bent down topick it up—and saw twoblue eyes staring at him

FAQs

Who is the main character in Chapter 1?

Chapter 1 centers on a boy named Yankee Irving, a kid who idolizes Babe Ruth and dreams of playing like him.

What happens after Yankee gets teased and misses pitches?

After being teased and called out, Yankee feels bad and knocks a rock like a baseball, which breaks a car’s windshield, then he finds an old baseball.

Why does Yankee’s mother not believe in the talking baseball?

Yankee’s mom thinks he is joking because she cannot hear the baseball talk; only Yankee can hear it.

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