RYAN SILVA: STAR PITCHER

by ANDRE J. GARANT


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Softcover
£6.39
Softcover
£6.39

Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 11/06/2004

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 5x8
Page Count : 132
ISBN : 9781418462055

About the Book

Ryan Silva: Star Pitcher is a middle-grade fiction sports novel written for boys and girls between the ages of nine and thirteen.  Ryan Silva stars as the main character as a ten-year-old boy who loves to play little league baseball.  Ryan is chosen to be the starting pitcher for his team, but becomes upset when a girl named Maisy Atkins gives him a run for his money when she is chosen to be the second pitcher for the team.  Ryan and his buddies, Derek and Jeremy, make jokes about Maisy, stating she should be home making brownies with her mother instead of playing baseball on a boys’ team.  But what happens when Maisy proves to be a better pitcher than Ryan is, and can also hit solid line drives?  Will Ryan learn to accept Maisy as a member of his team and work together with her, or will he deny the fact that a girl can play baseball just as well as a boy can?  Ryan Silva: Star Pitcher is a captivating sports novel sure to please any boy or girl, and especially those who love the ever popular sport of little league baseball.


About the Author

Andre J. Garant lives outside of Hartford, Connecticut.  When he’s not busy working as an accountant, Andre enjoys writing middle-grade fiction novels for boys and girls between the ages of nine and thirteen.  Ryan Silva: Star Pitcher is Garant’s tenth published novel, and is one of numerous middle-grade fiction novels that he has written since 1996.  He is a 1991 graduate of St. Michael’s College in Colchester, Vermont and is also a 1997 graduate of The Institute of Children’s Literature in West Redding, Connecticut.  Garant enjoys visiting schools where he speaks to upper elementary and middle-grade students about the books that he has written and what can be learned from them.