Jess's Story (Backyard Witch Book 2)

Oxford Reading Tree: Stage 5: More Stories C: the Adventure Park

Surprisingly Sarah: Emmie & Friends

Go Girl! #12 Catch Me If You Can

Those Kids from Fawn Creek

Big Shot

Time to Shine at the River School

Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook

Shakespeare Bats Cleanup

Fielding his social life is a bigger challenge for Kevin than hitting a fastball in Ron Koertge’s funny, insightful sequel to  Shakespeare Bats Cleanup .

Fourteen-year-old Kevin Boland has a passion for playing baseball, a knack for writing poetry — and a cute girlfriend named Mira who’s not much interested in either. But then, Kevin doesn’t exactly share Mira’s newfound fervor for all things green. So when Kevin signs up for open mike night at Bungalow Books and meets Amy, a girl who knows a sonnet from a sestina and can match his emails verse for verse, things start to get sticky. Should he stay with Mira? Or risk spoiling his friendship with Amy by asking her out? Ron Koertge, master of snappy dialogue and a deft poet, offers a fast-paced, sympathetic story that interweaves two narrative voices with humor and warmth.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

Jess's Story (Backyard Witch Book 2)

Deborah Marcero, Ron Koertge, Christine Heppermann, 2016

Oxford Reading Tree: Stage 5: More Stories C: the Adventure Park

Alex Brychta, Roderick Hunt, 2004

Surprisingly Sarah: Emmie & Friends

Terri Libenson, 2023

Go Girl! #12 Catch Me If You Can

Ash Oswald, Thalia Kalkipsakis, 2008

Those Kids from Fawn Creek

Erin Entrada Kelly, 2022

Big Shot

Jeff Kinney, 2021

Time to Shine at the River School

Sabine Adeyinka, 2023

Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook

Iva-Marie Palmer, Marta Kissi, 2017