false <![CDATA[Keeping Score]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1203118671m/2409270.jpg 2409270 2 From Newbery medalist Linda Sue Park, an engaging novel about a girl who doesn't play baseball, a team that doesn't win, and a war that isn't a war. Both Maggie Fortini and her brother, Joey-Mick. were named for baseball great Joe DiMaggio. Unlike Joey-Mick, Maggie doesnt play baseball, but at almost ten years old, she is a dyed-in-the-wool fan of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Maggie can recite all the players statistics and understands the subtleties of the game. Unfortunately, Jim Maine is a Giants fan, but it's Jim who teaches Maggie the fine art of scoring a baseball game. Not only can she revisit every play of every inning, but by keeping score she feels she's more than just a fan: she's helping her team. Jim is drafted into the army and sent to Korea, and although Maggie writes to him often, his silence is just one of a string of disappointments; being a Brooklyn Dodgers fan in the early 1950s meant season after season of near misses and year after year of dashed hopes. But Maggie goes on trying to help the Dodgers, and when she finds out that Jim needs help, too, she's determined to provide it. Against a background of major league baseball and the Korean War on the home front, Maggie looks for--and finds--way to make a difference. Even those readers who are not baseball aficionados will be drawn into the world of a true and ardent fan. Linda Sue Park's captivating story will, of course, delight those who are already keeping score. Authors note. 2416441 17 3 2008 Keeping Score total:153|5:1|4:3|3:0|2:1|1:0| 153 577 257 74 2 1 false false Wed Dec 10 16:51:11 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 16:59:49 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 16:38:37 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 16:38:37 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 18:54:31 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 19:19:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 21:51:27 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 20:18:37 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 17:03:39 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 17:07:55 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 07:12:01 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 07:31:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 13:08:51 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 13:10:58 -0800 2009 In The Year Of The Boar And Jackie Robinson as one of the great kids' books about the Brooklyn Dodgers with female protagonists; it's also a really thoughtful look at the Korean War, which doesn't get a lot of page time in children's and YA lit, at least from what I've read. ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 11:49:34 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 10:56:56 -0800 2009 "But hope is what gets everything started. When you make plans, it's because you hope something good is going to happen. Hope always comes first."

--"Keeping Score", P. 189

This was three excellent books in one: It was a great baseball story, a g...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jan 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 13:55:17 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 08:32:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jul 30 20:51:38 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 20:56:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 09:59:36 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 10:16:28 -0700 2008
When we first meet Maggie, she is nine, living in Brooklyn with her firefighter father (though, no longer on active duty because of an accident), older brother and stay at home mother. Maggie, like most of Brooklyn, is a HUGE Dodgers fan. While she doesn't play, ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 18 13:21:53 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 14 13:28:17 -0800 2008
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For the first half of this book, I thought the title referred specifically to the protagonist, Maggie, learning how to score a baseball game. It's 1951, Maggie is a huge Brooklyn Dodgers fan, and baseball is central to her life. She learns h...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 06:47:49 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 06:51:55 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 11:18:46 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 11:24:41 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 15:13:45 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 15:22:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 17 04:26:04 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 15:25:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Nov 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 05 17:02:20 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 08:02:55 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 18 13:32:51 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 13:41:25 -0700 2008
Well, this is set in 1951, about 20 some-odd years before "girls can play too" became the cry of the day. So a book...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2409270