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Description
A Horn Book Fanfare Top Ten List selection and an SSLI Honor Book
Thumb and Susan come up with an ingenious plan that will take all of the village's nine school-aged kids on the trip of a lifetime. They'll form a baseball team, win the regional title and qualify to be sent to the provincial championships in Vancouver, courtesy of the school board.
Never mind that none of them has ever played baseball before. Never mind that there are no other teams to compete for the regional championship. Never mind that the village is not even wide enough to accommodate a baseball diamond.
With a lot of ingenuity and a little grownup help, including the advice of a shipwrecked British children's writer-cum-cricket-expert named Mr. Entwhistle, the New Auckland Beavers go into training and start packing their bags. But what will happen when they get to Vancouver? Will they be humiliated by the toughest teams in the province?
Contributor Notes
Ken Roberts is the author of several popular books for young readers, including Hiccup Champion of the World, Crazy Ideas, Pop Bottles, Nothing Wright, Past Tense (shortlisted for a Governor General’s Award) and two highly praised previous Thumb books — The Thumb in the Box and Thumb on a Diamond (Cooperative Children's Book Center Choice, SSLI Honor Book, Horn Book Fanfare Top Ten List). Ken is chief librarian of the Hamilton Public Library. He lives in Hamilton, Ontario.Leanne Franson is a children's book illustrator who was born in Regina, Saskatchewan and who lives now in Montreal. She has illustrated the books in Ken Roberts' Thumb series.
Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age:
- 8 to 10
- Grade:
- 3 to 5
- Reading age:
- 8 to 10
Awards
- Commended, Cooperative Children's Book Center Choice
- Long-listed, OLA Silver Birch Express
- Long-listed, SYRCA Diamond Willow Award
- Commended, Horn Book Fanfare Top Ten List
- Commended, SSLI Honor Book
Editorial Reviews
The country-mice-in-the-city theme is very funny, but Roberts never resorts to bumpkin jokes; his characters are smart, worthy, and up to any number of challenges...
— Horn Book, STARRED REVIEW
...it's a romp from start to finish...Roberts, in his second book in the Thumb series, knows exactly how to tell a good yarn...
— Globe and Mail
The characters are appealing and the plot unfolds naturally to create a satisfying and plausible story.
— School Library Journal
Out of print
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