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Grades 3 - 5

Reading Level

Grade level Equivalent: 4.3

Lexile Measure®: 830L

DRA: 38

Guided Reading: P

Genre

  • General Nonfiction

Theme/Subject

  • Culture and Diversity
  • Sports

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About This Book

Pitchers, once limited because their pitches were dictated by the batters who faced them, have emerged as perhaps the most crucial members of winning baseball teams. This photo-filled text introduces several of the game's top hurlers.

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James Buckley
James Buckley, Jr. has written about sports for more than 15 years, including a stint as the editorial projects manager for Sports Illustrated. Today, he is the editorial director of the Shoreline Publishing Group, a book, magazine, and Web site editorial services company. Buckley also is the author of nearly 20 sports books for children, including DK's Eyewitness Baseball and four baseball-themed Dorling Kindersley Readers.
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