Free Baseball facts for kids
Free Baseball is a children's novel by Sue Corbett, first published in 2006.
Plot summary
Felix is a Cuban boy who came to the USA with his mother when he was three years old. He has a passion for baseball and wins two tickets to a minor league baseball game via a radio competition. Going to the game with his babysitter, they become separated when Felix learns that the opposing team has a Cuban player, believing that he might be able to share information about Felix's father, a famous baseball player on the Cuban national team who stayed behind when Felix and his mother emigrated.
Awards and nominations
- 2006 Selected by the Junior Library Guild
- 2008 Nominated for the Rhode Island Children's Book Awards
- 2008 Nominated for the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award
- 2008 Nominated for the Young Hoosier Book Award (final results not yet announced)
- 2008 Nominated for the Virginia Readers Choice Award (final results not yet announced)
- 2009 Nominated for the Nutmeg Book Award (final results not yet announced)
- 2009 Nominated for the South Carolina Children's Book Award (final results not yet announced)
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