Free Baseball

Felix loves baseball. His father is a famous player in Cuba who risked everything to send his wife and infant son to America for a better life. Felix pins his hopes on meeting his dad someday and getting to know him better because his mother won't tell him much. Felix attends his first minor league game but his good time is ruined by his babysitter and her friends. Angrily he ditches the babysitter and sneaks into the locker room where the visiting team mistakes him for the new batboy. He doesn't deny it as this is his opportunity to find out if the Dominican player knows his dad. He stows away on the team bus and the next day happily but cautiously serves as the batboy until his guise is uncovered by a reporter and the team manager. show more Felix's mother arrives and tells him the whole story of their escape from Cuba and his father will never come to Florida. An entertaining package of sport, history and mystery; Felix is a likable and real character. show less

A mistaken identity gives 11-year-old Felix Piloto the opportunity to learn more about the father he never knew. All Felix’s mother ever told him was that his father, a Cuban superstar baseball player, risked his life to get Felix and his mother to America. Now, a visiting baseball team believes Felix is their batboy, and he’s using the confusion to hang out with real players and see what he can discover about his father. Appropriate for grades 4-6.

The book was one of my favorites. It's the story of Felix, who has a passion for baseball. His father, who is still in Cuba, was considered one of the best Cuban baseball players. Felix's mother does not share the same passion for baseball as Felix does. Therefore, he sneaks off and becomes a bat boy for the Miracles baseball team. He gains friendship, learns about his father, and builds a better relationship with his mother at the end.

I really like this multicultural book. It is about a Cuban boy who reallly likes baseball and wants to play it like his father. It is for younger children.

This book tells the story of a young boy, Felix, who turns into a bat boy for a baseball team after running away from his babysitter during a game at the stadium. Felix and his mother escaped from Cuba when he was an infant, and thus Felix has never met his father. He knows he is a famous Cuban baseball player though which is why he has fostered such a strong passion for the sport. Felix reunites with his mother who explains all the hardships their family has been through and how they need to stick together. This story can be used in the classroom to talk about immigration issues in the United States today so that students can see multiple sides to the situation. It also can be incoporated to talk about how different families have show more unique dynamics and not everyone has the same situation as one another so we all must respect and help everyone as much as possible. show less

This is an awsome chapter book for young boys who love baseball. The book is about a young boy named Corbet and he desperatly wants to find out about his fater who used to play baseball in Cuba. He ends up becoming a bat boy for an international team in hopes to find out about his father. This is a great book and teaches the reader good life lessons.

"Free Baseball" is a great chapter book for boys who love baseball. It is about a young boy named Corbet that wants to find out about his dad who used to be a famous baseball player in Cuba. He ends up becoming a bat boy for an international team of cubans so he can find out about his dad because his mother will never tell him anything and is always busy working. In the end, Corbet finds out the real truth from his mother and still gets to be the batboy of the Magic Baseball Team. A wonderful story that teaches kids a good lesson!