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Out Standing in My Field

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A funny, insightful, and poignant story about a Little League loser whose tyrant father is the team coach, by one of Scholastic Press's favorite talents. Ty has been named for baseball legend Ty Cobb, but the hero of Jennings' wonderful new novel isn't living up to his namesake's reputation when it comes to The Game. He loves baseball; he just isn't great at it, despite all the efforts of his coach and father, who himself once dreamed of playing in the majors. To complicate matters, Ty's younger sister Daisy is a baseball whiz (as well as the school genius). In this sharply witty, deeply poignant all -American novel, Ty has to figure out just who he's trying to please -- his father, his teammates, or himself.

About the Author :
Patrick Jennings was born in Crown Point, Indiana in 1962; He graduated from Arizona State University in 1985 with a bachelor of fine arts. He has taught preschool and English as a Second/Other Language to adults. In 1993 he lived in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico where he taught English as a Foreign Language to students, ranging in age from preschoolers to adults. Afterwards Patrick moved to Bisbee, AZ where he worked afternoons in the library, dedicating the rest of his working time to writing and doing activities (readings, storytimes, art activities) with children. One of his goals in visiting schools is to help children realize the value of their education and creative potential. His daughter, Odette, was born in April 1999, and he has happily been dividing his time between caring for her and writing.

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VOYA 6/1/05 Fifth grader Ty Cutter loves baseball and plays right field for the Babylon Brewers Pee Wee team in Arizona. His father, a stubborn, insensitive, former big-league player who never made it, insists that everyone call him The Professor. He coaches the Brewers with the premise that winning is everything. Unfortunately Ty is not a very good player and regularly disappoints his demanding father. On top of that, his math-whiz, year-older sister, Daisy, is an outstanding player. She allows her name to appear on the team roster but refuses to actually play, preferring to keep tabs on team statistics. Their city manager mother is supportive and spends time embarrassing Ty by waving from the stands and calling him sweetheart. The book is essentially a chapter-by-chapter, inning-by-inning description of the last game of the regular season, which Ty hopes the team will lose to end things once and for all before the tournament. The background and character development of Ty's family, interspersed within the details of the game, blend adequately with the baseball action. Readers may be puzzled by The Professor's final behavior and wonder about his problems with alcohol. Ty's first-person narrative often lapses into terminology that transforms his voice into that of a teenager rather than a preteen. Nevertheless diehard baseball fans would appreciate this story filled with plenty of sports jargon and an abundance of humor.-Diane Tuccillo SLJ 4/1/05 Gr 4-7-Ty Cutter loves baseball, but he is just not cut out to play the game. He is awkward and tentative and totally unlike his sister, Daisy, who excels at anything she tries. Worse yet, he has been forced to play every inning during the Pee Wee League season while the more talented players warm the bench because his father, "the Professor," coaches the team. This novel takes readers from the top of the first inning to the wrap-up of a humiliating playoff game. Ty tells his story in between the play-by-play and convers


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  • ISBN-13: 9780439465816
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Publisher Imprint: Simon & Schuster
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • ISBN-10: 0439465818
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2005
  • Binding: Hardback
  • No of Pages: 165


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