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The desperado who stole baseball / John H. Ritter.

Author/creator Ritter, John H., 1951-
Other author/creatorRitter, John H., 1951- Boy who saved baseball.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoNew York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Puffin, 2010, ©2009.
Description257, 11 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm
Subject(s)
Billy, the Kid--Juvenile fiction.
Baseball--History --Juvenile fiction.
Orphans--Juvenile fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life--California --Juvenile fiction.
California--History --1850-1950 --Juvenile fiction.
Abstract In 1881, the scrappy, rough-and-tumble baseball team in a California mining town enlists the help of a quick-witted twelve-year-old orphan and the notorious outlaw Billy the Kid to win a big game against the National League Champion Chicago White Stockings.
General notePrequel to: The boy who saved baseball.
General noteIncludes discussion questions and an excerpt from the author's The boy who saved baseball.
General note"First published in the United States of America by Philomel Books ... 2009"--T.p. verso.
Awards noteA Junior Library Guild selection.
ISBN9780142415078 (trade pbk.) :
ISBN0142415073 (trade pbk.)

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