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Books : Children's Books : Series : Sports : Scrappers
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Gloria knows that she's one of the best players the Scrappers have, but she can't do it all -- and when the other kids blow it, she's the first one to let them know. The coach has warned her to quiet down, but how can she be the trouble when the rest of the team is pathetic?
With Gloria setting the tone, the Scrappers are spending less and less time working as a team and more and more time fighting among themselves. When she opens her mouth one too many times and provokes a fight that costs the Scrappers an important game, Coach Carlton is so disgusted he quits the team. "I know baseball," he says, "and this isn't it." Are the Scrappers' hopes of pulling together for the championship over?
Bases Loaded is the fifth book in Dean Hughes's new Scrappers series. Each book focuses on a different member of this unseasoned but determined baseball squad. In one summerlong season, each player learns something about him or herself and what it is that defines a team.
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In Team Player, the third book in Dean Hughes's popular series, the season is moving along for the Scrappers. It looks like they have some talent after all, and that talent is finally gelling into some numbers in the "win" column.But one thing is driving Trent Lubak crazy -- the way his old friend Robbie Marquez is changing. Where has that big mouth come from all of a sudden? Every time Robbie makes a great play at third, he's the first to tell the world: "Nothing gets by me, I'm Velcro Man." His nonstop bragging is particularly annoying after Trent not only misses the cutoff man in a play to home plate, but nearly throws the ball out of the stadium as well. How humiliating.
The growing tension between Trent and Robbie threatens to undermine the Scrappers' team spirit that has been so delicately woven so far. Is it possible that Trent is just a little jealous of Robbie's flashy plays? Might he have to come to grips with the fact that he isn't a standout star, but, as a solid, dependable player, just as important to the team?
Each book in Dean Hughes's Scrapper's series focuses on a different member of this unseasoned but determined baseball squad. In one summerlong season, each player learns something about him or herself and what it is that defines a team.
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The Scrappers are really coming together now. They beat the Mustangs, the best team in the league, and now they have a chance at the championship. But first baseman and pitcher Adam Pfitzer is still on edge. He needs to focus more. He and Ollie, the other pitcher on the team, have solid talent, but they need to be more consistent.
Even beyond these challenges, there is a growing problem with Adam's cousin Stan. Stan is more than just a cousin -- he's also Adam's best friend. Playing for the Pit Bulls, he's spent most of the first part of the season on the bench. Even when his team does okay, Stan is down in the dumps. He just doesn't have what it takes. So what should Adam do when Stan asks him to work with him on his hitting?
His cousin and friend needs his help. His team needs his loyalty. What if one of Adam's teammates sees him throwing pitches to Stan on an off day? What if Stan gets a key hit in a game with the Scrappers, and the Scrappers lose? What will Adam's teammates think then?
No Easy Out is the sixth book in Dean Hughes's acclaimed Scrappers series about an eager and hardworking group of kids who are learning what it means to be a team.
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The league championship is just around the corner and the Scrappers still have a shot -- but they can't afford to make any mistakes. With Coach Carlton's good advice and everyone's hard work, the whole team is at their peak of performance...except maybe Tracy. After taking one in the face during a game, she's been a little shy of the ball. Her bruises are fading, but her teammates and even kids on the other teams have started to notice that she's backing off.
Tracy has to wonder if she's not cut out for baseball after all. She has other friends who know nothing about baseball, and she has fun with them. Still, she's a Scrapper, and with only a few games left in the season, she can't quit now. Can she?
No Fear is the eighth book in Dean Hughes's Scrappers series. Each book in the series focuses on a different member of this determined baseball squad. In one summerlong season, each player learns not only something about him or herself, but also what it is that defines a team.
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"What are you doing,Jeremy?" Gloria asked. "You never swing like that. Come on. We depend on you."
And surely the Scrappers do. Jeremy Lim has been the leadoff hitter all year. His job is to get on base any way he can: slapping the ball for a clean base hit or, more often than not, drawing a walk so that the power hitters can bring him home. But Jeremy knows why he is the leadoff hitter: He is the smallest guy on the team, with the smallest strike zone, so walks are more likely.
But Jeremy's tired of the less exciting role he has to play. He resents the ridicule from opponents because of his size. He's tired of their certainty that he doesn't pose much of a threat. He's sick of hitting little bloopers that just drop in front of the outfielders. And he's determined to prove he can drive the ball as far as anyone, and that he's fast enough to be a real threat running the bases, too.
But his anger and determination lead to disaster and threaten to sink the Scrappers at just the point where the championship is in sight. Benched for a while, Jeremy has some hard thinking to do about the different skills individual players have and how important each player is to the team's overall success.
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It's the Scrappers' last regular season game. If they beat the Mustangs today, they'll win the championship for the second half of the season. After that they'll get a second shot at the Mustangs to decide the championship for the entire year. But the Mustangs are really tough. Can the Scrappers expect to beat them twice in a row?
If Thurlow Coates has anything to do with it, the answer is yes!
Distant and uninterested earlier in the season, Thurlow has pulled himself together and finally come around as a solid member of the team. He has proven to be the Scrappers' most gifted player -- capable, it seems, of hitting the ball out of the park whenever he wants to. And the Scrappers have come around, too, from an unseasoned bunch of kids to a team that demands and deserves the respect of every opponent.
But can Thurlow carry the team by himself when everything the Scrappers have worked so hard to achieve is about to unravel? How could the team meet the challenges to come if Thurlow was injured? What would Thurlow himself do?
Grand Slam, the ninth book in the acclaimed Scrappers series, brings the Scrappers' dynamic, come-from-behind season to a white-knuckle, edge-of-your-seat conclusion. In some ways, this conclusion does depend on one player -- but in other ways, it depends on everyone.
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In Home Run Hero, the second book in Dean Hughes's popular Scrappers series, Wilson Love is certainly "the Man." His long ball promises to make him stand out as the Scrappers' best slugger -- when he connects, that is. As Coach Carlton points out, Wilson misses as many as he hits. But when the coach helps him work on a new stance and swing, things get even worse. When he comes to bat, his arms and legs feel all wrong. He couldn't hit the ball if someone held it right up in front of him. The coach might say his swing is better, but what good is that if he still strikes out all the time?While some of the team side with the coach, others tell him to swing the back the way he wants to, to be himself. Soon Wilson feels caught in a tug-of-war, until he finally realizes that who he is and how he plays is his decision to make.
Each book in Dean Hughes's Scrappers series focuses on a different member of this unseasoned but determined baseball squad. In one summerlong season, each player learns something about him or herself and what it is that defines a team.
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The Scrappers have made it halfway through the season and are starting to look pretty good. If only Ollie's habit of talking himself through his pitches -- out loud -- wasn't getting so much attention from the other teams. Ollie knows that the other kids think he's weird, but if he doesn't talk he can't concentrate, and then he can't control the ball.
With so much pressure to "act normal," Ollie is starting to think that he can't make it through the season. Whenever he messes up a play, he just knows that the Scrappers think he's the weak link -- especially that bigmouth, Gloria Gibbs. He is all set to quit...but a small part of him wonders if the coach is right -- that he has what it takes to pitch, if he can just believe in himself. If he can do that, the Scrappers may still have a fighting chance to win the championship.
Now We're Talking is the fourth book in Dean Hughes's new Scrappers series. Each book focuses on a different member of this unseasoned but determined baseball squad. In one summerlong season, each player learns something about him or herself and what it is that defines a team.
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Robbie Marquez is looking forward to nothing more than a summer full of his favorite sport -- baseball. He hopes especially to be the shortstop for one of his city's rec league teams, but when he and his friend Trent Lubak go to the league office for their team assignments, they find out their applications never arrived. Suddenly, they are looking at a summer with no baseball at all -- unless they can pull together enough players for a team, and a coach and a team sponser, in a very short amount of time.Robbie and Trent indeed pull it off. (Even if Robbie does have to invent a cousin to round out the team.) So here come the Scrappers, an unusual mix of players but a team that has potential -- if they can just figure out how to get along. And that's a challenge, especially when Robbie loses out as shortstop to loudmouthed Gloria, who won't let him forget it!
This book, focusing on Robbie Marquez, is the first book in Dean Hughes's new Scrappers series about this unseasoned but determined baseball squad. Each new book in the series focuses on one of the members of the team during a summerlong season. Along the way, each person learns not only something about him or herself but also what it is that defines a team.
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