Out at Home: A Choose Your Path Baseball Book

by Lisa M. Bolt Simons

You may have read sports books before, but you’ve never read one like this. You’re the main character, and life’s not easy. You’ve been in and out of foster care for much of your life. At least you have baseball. It’s the one thing that keeps you in school and out of trouble. But will you stick with the team when your living situation changes for the worse? And with a new kid in town who also plays shortstop, does the team even need you? Out at Home isn’t like other baseball books for kids. With an interactive format, your choices affect the story’s outcome. Plus, it’s a game within a Collect points for your decisions in order to upgrade your character’s baseball skills. So read the book by Lisa M. Bolt Simons, collect the points, and choose to win!

160 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2016

About the author

Lisa M. Bolt Simons has been a writer for as long as she can remember. She has written four Choose to Win middle grade novels, more than 50 nonfiction children’s books, and a history book, Faribault Woolen Mill: Loomed in the Land of Lakes. She is currently working on several other projects. Both her nonfiction and fiction have been recognized with various accolades. She retired from education after 25 years. In her spare time, Lisa loves to read and scrapbook. Originally from Colorado, Lisa currently lives in SE Minnesota with her husband, Dave, and she’s the mom of twins, Jeri and Anthony, who are way better at math and science than she is. #Englishmajor

Reviews

[Matt · Rating 2 out of 5]

We're reading this aloud in the workroom, and almost every decision you make in this book either results in child abuse, parents going to jail, or an absolute bloodbath involving the protagonist.

The operative lesson? Never go outside, never look at spherical objects like baseballs or the end of a stair banister, because YOU WILL DIE.

[The F · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's about drug addicts. It's kinda weird. All of these "Choose your path" books have weird problems (divorce, drug addiction, death, etc.). Nonetheless good.