Hit & Miss (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781481423151)

The second middle grade book in the New York Times bestselling Jeter Publishing imprint, Hit & Miss is a baseball novel inspired by the youth of legendary sports icon and role model Derek Jeter.

"Just try to make solid contact, stay level and in control. Positive thoughts only, right?"

That's the advice Derek's father gives him about batting--and a lot more. It seems that Little League season is here. Throughout the long Michigan winter, Derek thought that Opening Day might never come. Now at last he can pursue his dream of one day playing shortstop for the New York Yankees.

As luck would have it, he's on the Red Sox this year, and they seem to have more talent than the Tigers, the team he was on when last season ended in disappointment. His best friend, Vijay, is with him again, and Derek gets the same number--13!--that his father wore in college. Now if the new kid with the chauffeur turns out to be a player, well, the Red Sox might just win it all.

But as Derek finds out, both baseball and life are hard. Before the season is over, he'll break out of a slump, bring his teammates closer together, learn a new sport, solve the mystery of why his sister Sharlee seems so quiet, and suffer the consequences for violating "The Contract" he had signed with his parents. Before he can move closer to his dream, there are many lessons to be learned.

Author: Derek Jeter
ISBN-10: 1481423150
ISBN-13: 9781481423151
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Language: English
Published: 04/28/2015
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.10h x 5.90w x 0.90d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.6
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 174802 / Hit & Miss


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 06/01/2015 pg. 108
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2015 pg. 88 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw