The biggest victory

by Alfred Slote

The only thing Randy enjoys about baseball is having it over with so he can go fishing, but his father insists that he participate on the school team.

154 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1940

About the author

Alfred Slote (born September 11, 1926) is a children's author known for his numerous sports and space novels. His writing has been described as "making space travel seem as ordinary as piling in the family wagon for a jaunt to McDonald's". Slote's 1991 novel Finding Buck McHenry was adapted into a 2000 television film. He currently resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan.