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edition:eBook
also available: Paperback
category: Children's Fiction
published: May 2015
ISBN:9781554559503
publisher: Fitzhenry and Whiteside

Saving Armpit

by Natalie Hyde

tagged: humorous stories, baseball & softball, media tie-in
Description

When vandals deface the Harmony Point sign, the town does indeed seem to become the "arm pit" of the region. The baseball team hasn't won a game in two seasons and the town itself is falling into disrepair. But when the new postmaster becomes the ball coach, Clay and the rest of the Terriers finally seem to stand a chance of winning a game. Until they overhear a bureaucrat from the city say that the post office will close unless the "numbers" work out. The team begins "Operation Tennis Elbow" - a letter writing campaign designed to generate enough mail to keep the post office - and its postmaster - in town (and coaching their baseball team). And along the way, they learn the power of the pen in effecting positive changes in their community.

About the Author

Natalie Hyde was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, and grew up in Galt (now Cambridge), Ontario, where she still lives. She spent most of her childhood collecting crickets, toads and tent caterpillars. Natalie lives with her husband and four children in a house with too many stairs, which they share with a little leopard gecko and a cat that desperately wants to eat him.

Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
Age:
8 to 11
Grade:
3 to 6
Awards
  • Short-listed, Nutmeg Book Award - Intermediate
  • Short-listed, Rocky Mountain Book Award
  • Short-listed, Great Stone Face Book Award
  • Short-listed, Red Cedar Award
  • Short-listed, OLA Silver Birch Express

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