Beloved characters from "The Wizard of Oz" take on baseball in this literary treasure-hunt, set in a land where Alex Metcalf must face his fears, play the best baseball of his life, and come to discover the surprising truth about himself.
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Beloved characters from "The Wizard of Oz" take on baseball in this literary treasure-hunt, set in a land where Alex Metcalf must face his fears, play the best baseball of his life, and come to discover the surprising truth about himself.
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The Wizard of Oz meets America's favorite pastime!Alex Metcalf must be dreaming. What else would explain why he's playing baseball for the Oz Cyclones, with Dorothy as his captain, in the Ever After Baseball Tournament? But Alex isn't dreaming; he's just from the real world. And winning the tournament might be his only chance to get back there, because the champions get a wish granted by the Wizard. Too bad Ever After's most notorious criminal, the Big Bad Wolf, is also after the wishes. And anyone who gets in his way gets eaten!From beloved baseball author Alan Gratz comes a novel in which classic literary characters are baseball crazy, and one real-world boy must face his fears and discover the surprising truth about himself.The Wizard of Oz meets America's favorite pastime!Alex Metcalf must be dreaming. What else would explain why he's playing baseball for the Oz Cyclones, with Dorothy as his captain, in the Ever After Baseball Tournament? But Alex isn't dreaming; he's just from the real world. And winning the tournament might be his only chance to get back there, because the champions get a wish granted by the Wizard. Too bad Ever After's most notorious criminal, the Big Bad Wolf, is also after the wishes. And anyone who gets in his way gets eaten!From beloved baseball author Alan Gratz comes a novel in which classic literary characters are baseball crazy, and one real-world boy must face his fears and discover the surprising truth about himself.
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“"A story that playfully mixes storybook characters with stadium action." - Publishers Weekly "[An] inventive sports fantasy." - School Library Journal”
"A story that playfully mixes storybook characters with stadium action." - Publishers Weekly
"[An] inventive sports fantasy." - School Library Journal
About the Author
Alan Gratz was born and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee. After a carefree but humid childhood, he attended the University of Tennessee, where he earned a College Scholars degree with a specialization in creative writing and later a Master's degree in English education. In addition to writing plays, magazine articles, and a few episodes of A&E's City Confidential, Alan has taught catapult building to middle schoolers, written more than 6,000 radio commercials, and lectured as a Czech university. Currently, Alan lives with his wife Wendi and daughter Jo in the high country of western North Carolina, where he enjoys reading, eating pizza, and, perhaps not too surprisingly, watching baseball.
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