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  <title><![CDATA[Six Innings]]></title>
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  <default-description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Two teams, six innings, one game.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A lively cast of characters&amp;#8212;baseball-loving boys between the ages of eleven to thirteen&amp;#8212;are playing the biggest game of their lives. With acrobatic catches, clutch hits, dramatic whiffs, and costly errors, this game is full of action. But as the book unfolds, pitch by pitch, a deeper story emerges, with far more at stake: Sam and Mike, best friends, are trying to come to terms with Sam&amp;#8217;s newly diagnosed cancer. And this baseball diamond becomes the ultimate testing ground of Sam and Mike&amp;#8217;s remarkable friendship as they strive to find a way to both come out winners.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;This is for the championship.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;This is for life.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</default-description>
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  <original-publication-day type="integer">4</original-publication-day>
  <original-publication-month type="integer">3</original-publication-month>
  <original-publication-year type="integer">2008</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>Six Innings</original-title>
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      <name><![CDATA[James Preller]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[My reaction after finishing this short novel for pre-teen and teens, especially who are really into the finer points of baseball playing and the spirit of the game was a tremendous respect for the author.  James Preller poured much of his passion for the game into a finely crafted story set in just ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22871457">more...</a>]]></body>
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu Dec 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Dec 12 09:46:16 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[ My love of baseball is rooted in my earliest memories: the sound of a game on the radio, going to a game at old Cleveland Stadium with my dad--it speaks of summer to me.  I was never a player; I did not like being dragged to my brother's little league games, and I often prayed for a thunderstorm du...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39942682">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="61174741">
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jun 26 07:51:25 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jun 26 08:00:07 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm glad I didn't read this book until the midst of baseball season, because that put me in the right frame of mind. While I liked that it clarified the rules for Little League, I thought including the line-ups each time there was a change was a bit much. Also, I understand why the author didn't ini...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61174741">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="54750133">
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  <read_at>Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat May 02 20:57:22 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I originally picked up Six Innings from the new arrivals shelf in the library, slightly dreading to read it because I don’t read many sports books.  However, by the end I really enjoyed the book overall.  The whole book centers on one minor league championship baseball game, played by several 11-1...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54750133">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="64152081">
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The setting of this story, told from multiple viewpoints, is at the Little League championship game. Intermixed are several interwoven stories about several of the players themselves. What I really liked is even the other team's players, including the feared pitcher, is treated with some respect and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64152081">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="32663354">
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu Sep 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Sep 11 20:48:17 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Told in 6 innings from the perspective of the players on the field, this book that seems like a sports story actually is a &quot;feeling story for boys.&quot;  I'm still trying to decide if I liked it, but guarantee it is a unique turn on the sports story.]]></body>
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    <review id="76524192">
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    <name><![CDATA[Kim]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[During the span of a little league game, we hear what all the players and the announcer are thinking.  The announcer used to be a player, but he is battling bone cancer and has to use a wheelchair while in treatment.  ]]></body>
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    <review id="63553172">
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this with my Mom for a book report.  We both loved it.  The main character announces a baseball game when he would rather play it.  The author tells us the life story of the players as the innings go on.]]></body>
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    <review id="68913849">
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book because I love baseball and I am always looking for books for boy readers. The book became more than baseball.  If a boy loves baseball, he should enjoy this book.]]></body>
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    <review id="30891022">
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    <name><![CDATA[The Library Lady]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love baseball stories. And I KNOW this is heart warming, tear jerking and all the rest.<br/>But it's also disjointed. To use an appropriate expression, aside from Sam, I couldn't &quot;tell the players without a scorecard&quot;. They kept popping in and out and I just couldn't focus.<br/>Perhaps...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30891022">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Joenna]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mike and Sam are best friends who love baseball.  Mike can play, but Sam can't.  The whole story takes place at the championship game.  The story goes from player to player, and gets their thoughts and feelings, not only on baseball, but on life too.  Sam is the sportscaster for the game and there a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22443593">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="16016772">
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    <body><![CDATA[Solid baseball novel from the author of the <em>Jigsaw Jones</em> series. Great play-by-play description of a six inning little league championship game, interspersed with character studies of the boys on the team: the jealous brother whose older sports star sister gets all his parents' attention; the son of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16016772">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Framed with play-by-play commentary of a Little League Championship game, Six Innings shares the players' family lives, friendships, and their love for baseball.]]></body>
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    <review id="46401914">
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    <body><![CDATA[Six Innings should have won the newberry.]]></body>
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    <review id="55141923">
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    <body><![CDATA[A great book for boys who love sports. This one reads just like watching a baseball game, but you get the added bonus of knowing what the players are thinking about.]]></body>
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    <review id="32027472">
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  <read_at>Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the story of a championship baseball game, where the scorekeeper and announcer is a boy with cancer whose season has been interrupted by his disease.  All of his friends are down there on the field and he can't join them.  The entire book is pretty much the game, inning by inning, with a few...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32027472">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I tried and tried to finish this book but it just has to many details about baseball for me.  I like watching a game of baseball but I get lost when you start talking about the actual game plan (how you choose who is where).  The writing really was good and I liked the characters but I just couldn't...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32180817">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Two teams battle for the little league championship baseball game. Sam is the game’s announcer – he’s injured (sick, cancer) and so can’t play – but lives through each moment of the game. I really loved how the story brought you into how different players felt at each small moment of the g...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39115070">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Dec 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Preller's words not only showcase baseball, the characters (both the boys and adults) in a beautifully sparse text with a mix of popular culture that, I believe, will stand the test of time.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[One Sentence Review: The more I think about it the better this book becomes until I'm verily kicking myself repeatedly for not officially reviewing it in 2008.]]></body>
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