Shakespeare Makes the Playoffs (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780763644352)

Fielding his social life is a bigger challenge for Kevin than hitting a fastball in Ron Koertge's funny, insightful sequel to Shakespeare Bats Cleanup.

Fourteen-year-old Kevin Boland has a passion for playing baseball, a knack for writing poetry -- and a cute girlfriend named Mira who's not much interested in either. But then, Kevin doesn't exactly share Mira's newfound fervor for all things green. So when Kevin signs up for open mike night at Bungalow Books and meets Amy, a girl who knows a sonnet from a sestina and can match his emails verse for verse, things start to get sticky. Should he stay with Mira? Or risk spoiling his friendship with Amy by asking her out? Ron Koertge, master of snappy dialogue and a deft poet, offers a fast-paced, sympathetic story that interweaves two narrative voices with humor and warmth.

Author: Ron Koertge
ISBN-10: 0763644358
ISBN-13: 9780763644352
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 03/09/2010
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 8.46h x 6.56w x 0.68d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.5
Point Value: 3
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 136104 / Shakespeare Makes the Playoffs


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 01/01/2010 pg. 68
School Library Journal 02/01/2010 pg. 114
Publishers Weekly 02/15/2010 pg. 133
Kirkus Review - Children 02/15/2010
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2010
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2010 pg. 61
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2010 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2011 pg. 124