The Super Sluggers: Rainmaker
The Super Sluggers: Rainmaker by Kevin Markey, published by HarperCollins on March 20, 2012, is a juvenile fiction book that combines elements of sports and humor. In this story, the Rounders face their last season together, aiming to leave a memorable mark. The team’s star pitcher, Slingshot Slocum, struggles with his obsession for mastering the forkball, a risky pitch that could jeopardize his future in baseball. As the season unfolds, the relentless rain adds to the challenges, creating a sense of urgency and chaos.
Readers will find a blend of adventure and comedy as the Rounders navigate their tumultuous season, complete with a team rafting trip that takes an unexpected turn into a ghostly encounter. The narrative explores themes of perseverance and teamwork against a backdrop of extreme weather and humorous mishaps. With 240 pages, this edition offers an engaging experience for young readers interested in sports and humorous stories, making it a fitting addition to any collection focused on baseball and recreation.
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It’s the Rounders’ last season together, and they want to go out with a bang.
Especially Slingshot Slocum, the team’s star pitcher. So why has he just walked three batters in a row?
Slingshot’s obsessed with mastering the forkball—a dangerous split-finger curveball that everyone knows should never be attempted by anyone under the age of seventeen. It could wreck his arm forever!
And he’s not making it over the plate. Just like the torrential weather, Slingshot is all wet! The rain won’t stop pouring down, and the Rounders’ season is starting to feel like an airport during the holidays: nothing but delays and cancellations.
At least they have their team rafting trip to look forward to. Until a flash flood sends them careening straight into the middle of a real-life ghost tale.
Can the Rounders pull themselves out of peril—and their pitcher out of his funk—before their final showdown with archrivals the Haymakers? And will the weird weather let up or rain on their parade?
Looking for hilarity, high stakes, high jinks, extreme weather, and some spooky spelunking? Catch this action-packed baseball adventure!
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