The Rhino in Right Field (Washington Park Stories)

The Rhino in Right Field (Washington Park Stories)

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
Brand Margaret K. McElderry Books
Manufacturer Margaret K. McElderry Books
Binding Paperback
Height 7.625
Length 5.125
Weight 2.314853751
Width 0.7
ReleaseDate 2019-05-21
NumberOfItems 1

Country	USA
Brand	Margaret K. McElderry Books
Manufacturer	Margaret K. McElderry Books
Binding	Paperback
Height	7.625
Length	5.125
Weight	2.314853751
Width	0.7
ReleaseDate	2019-05-21
NumberOfItems	1

The Rhino in Right Field (Washington Park Stories)

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