The Rhino in Right Field

The Rhino in Right Field

â€œLaugh-out-loud funâ€¦A winner in every way.â€ â€”Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
â€œFunny and good-hearted.â€ â€”Publishers Weekly

A boy who loves baseball must get past his hard-working immigrant parentsâ€”and the rhino in the outfieldâ€”to become a batboy in this laugh-out-loud middle grade novel in the tradition of The Sandlot.

Nick wants to change his life. For twelve years, heâ€™s done what his hard-working, immigrant parents want him to do. Now heâ€™s looking for his own American dream and he thinks heâ€™s found it. The local baseball team is having a batboy contest, and Nick wants to win.

But the contest is on a Saturdayâ€”the day Nick has to work in his fatherâ€™s shop. Thereâ€™s one other tinyâ€”well, not so tinyâ€”problem. A 2,000-pound rhinoceros named Tank. Nick and his friends play ball in the city zooâ€”and Tank lives just beyond the right field fence. Nickâ€™s experience getting the ball out of Tankâ€™s pen has left him frozen with fear whenever a fly ball comes his way. Howâ€™s a lousy fielder going to win the contest?

Nick practices every day with his best friend, Ace, and a new girl who has an impressive throwing arm! But thatâ€™s not enoughâ€”to get to the contest, Nick has to lie to his parents and blackmail his uncle. All while dodging the school bully, whoâ€™s determined to win even by playing dirty. Nick will need to keep his eye on the ball in this fast, funny story about a game that can throw you some curveballsâ€”just like life!

Country	USA
Author	Stacy DeKeyser
Binding	Hardcover
Brand	Margaret K. McElderry Books
EAN	9781534406261
Genre	JUVENILE FICTION
ISBN	1534406263
Label	Margaret K. McElderry Books
Manufacturer	Margaret K. McElderry Books
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	272
PublicationDate	2018-07-10
Publisher	Margaret K. McElderry Books
ReleaseDate	2018-07-10
Studio	Margaret K. McElderry Books

The Rhino in Right Field

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