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Winners take all

When Kyle fakes a catch, his baseball team goes on to win the league championship but Kyle doesn't feel good about winning by cheating. Includes a section on the sportsmanship of Christy Mathewson, a pitcher who played professional baseball in the early 1900s.

Main Author: Bowen, Fred.
Other Authors: Casale, Paul (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Atlanta : Peachtree Publishers, 2000.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: An allstar sportstory
Subjects:
Baseball > Juvenile fiction.
Honesty > Juvenile fiction.
Sportsmanship > Juvenile fiction.
Summary: When Kyle fakes a catch, his baseball team goes on to win the league championship but Kyle doesn't feel good about winning by cheating. Includes a section on the sportsmanship of Christy Mathewson, a pitcher who played professional baseball in the early 1900s.
Physical Description: 104 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
ISBN: 1561452297
9781561455126 (pbk.)
Author Notes: Lawyer and sports aficionado FRED BOWEN is the author of the AllStar SportStory series, which includes T.J.'s Secret Pitch (recipient of the Family Channel Seal of Quality), The Golden Glove, The Kid Coach, Playoff Dreams, Full Court Fever, Off the Rim, The Final Cut, On the Line, and Winners Take All. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Bowen received his law degree from George Washington University.

PAUL CASALE, a native of Brooklyn, graduated from the Pratt Institute, where he won numerous awards. A member of the Society of Illustrators, he has illustrated many children's books, including The Cascade Mountain Railroad Mysteries, Winners Take All and Surviving Jamestown: The Adventures of Young Sam Collier. He lives in New Jersey with his family.

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