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Alfred Slote, born in 1926 in Brooklyn, NY., has written over 30 books, most of them for young readers. He also taught at Williams College and the University of Michigan where he wrote and produced educational television programs. His writing has been described as “making space travel seem as ordinary as piling in the family wagon for a jaunt to McDonald’s”. Slote’s 1991 novel Finding Buck McHenry was adapted into a 2000 television film. He currently resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 2012 Slote and his baseball book Jake were the subject of an ESPN 30 for 30 short documentary in which Slote describes his writing process and reads from the book, saying it is his best writing.
Titles by Alfred Slote
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In real life, Henry is clumsy, nearsighted, and slow to react — not exactly a star athlete. But in Henry’s games of make-believe baseball, he’s always a winner, no matter what. Henry has played real ball, and he doesn’t like it very much. Somehow, no matter how hard he tries, he ends up losing the game for his team. Imaginary games are much better: He can play any position he wants, and he can also impersonate both teams, the coaches, and even the crowd.
Then one night Henry finds himself in the middle of a dangerous situation. And as a result of the attention that follows, Henry is drawn back into the world of real baseball — and is given another chance to be a real sports hero!
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Jake, a tough, independent eleven-year-old ballplayer lives with his Uncle Lenny, a musician, and pretty much takes care of himself. His baseball team, the Print-Alls, is in first place, but they need a coach in order to stay in the League. No one’s father wants to do it, so Jake and his team come up with a plan that might be crazy enough to work.
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