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A young baseball player struggles to overcome his fear of a pitched ball, improve his throwing, and somehow redeem himself in the eyes of his teammates.Tags
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I read this because I was trying to read all the fiction in my middle school library, alphabetically by author. I had just read all the John Christopher available there and then, and this Matt Christopher was next. What I remember about it was that it held my interest despite my low desire to read novels about sports, that it was redemptive, which was not that surprising, and that I learned what having a "glass arm" meant.
I read this because I was trying to read all the fiction in my middle school library, alphabetically by author. I had just read all the John Christopher available there and then, and this Matt Christopher was next. What I remember about it was that it held my interest despite my low desire to read novels about sports, that it was redemptive, which was not that surprising, and that I learned what having a "glass arm" meant.
It was about a kid who was bad at catching and then one day he got better. -JG
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Matt Christopher was born August 16, 1917 in Bath, Pennsylvania. He had a variety of odd jobs before focusing full time on writing including playing shortstop for a Class C minor-league team in Smith Falls, Ontario. He also drove trucks and sold umbrellas and worked in a theater. Christopher finally began his writing career in 1940, when he wrote show more a detective story that was accepted by Detective Box Magazine in 1943 His first children's book was The Lucky Baseball Bat, published in 1954, which was in print for 25 years. Christopher was the best-selling author of more than fifty sports books for young readers. He is best known for his sports novels for children as well as his many short stories and articles in numerous children's and adults' magazines. His later works include Dirt Bike Racer, The Spy on Third Base, and Skateboard Tough. Christopher wrote 78 books in all and over 250 magazine articles and short stories. Matt Christopher dies in 1997. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Catcher with a Glass Arm
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