Home Run Hero

The book Scrappers is about Wilson Love who plays catcher for the Scrappers. He hits the game winning home run in one of the games and everyone thinks he's a hero. But after that game his hitting streak ends. He begins to swing horribly and everyone tries to give him advice that doesn't work. The next game he strikes out three and his team loses by 5 runs. Then a few of his teammates start to fight with each other because everybody's frustrated because the team is playing poorly. The team's three best players Robbie, Thurlow, and Gloria all hate each other. Thurlow is the best player on the Scrappers but the coach never starts him because he's always late or never there for practice. He isn't at practice because his mom is one of the coaches on the Scrappers and whenever it looks like he actually wants to play, she says something that annoys o makes him mad. Gloria is the big mouth of the team and she can be really annoying. The next game, Gloria tries to give her friend advice and she annoys her, so they get into a fight. Thurlow hits a huge grand slam with the Scrappers losing by 5 runs. Do the Scrappers win the game? Does Wilson get his swing back? You have to read this book to find out. I personally like this book because it's about baseball and I like baseball a lot. I would recommend this book to anybody who likes baseball or likes sports in general. Something I liked in the book was that everybody tries to help Wilson after his hitting streak ended. That meant his teammates cared about how he did and weren't selfish. Something I didn't like was the same thing I liked. His team cared about him way too much. If someone on my team wasn't doing so well and looked like they needed help, I would help the person but that wouldn't be my only concern. I would try to make the rest of my team better and myself better too. I wouldn't rely on that person to get us every win we can get. I would always make sure that if something happened to our best player we were ready for it. Overall I think this is a must read for sports fans, baseball fans, and anybody else who wants to read a good book.

This is the second book in the Scrappers series by Dean Hughes. Each book in the Scrappers series covers a different position in baseball and bases the story around that position. This book is based on Wilson, the teams catcher and power hitter. The team members are starting to get frustrated by the number of games they are losing and tempers are flaring. The team is not working together and there is a definite attitude problem. Wilson just wants everyone to work together, but then he starts to fall into a batting slump and when Coach Carlton gives him advice to improve his bat, he only gets worse. Soon, the morale of the team will improve and Wilson learns that the catcher is the leader of the team and his ability to take control and calm the team down makes him well-suited for this position. He becomes a leader on and off the field. Again, this book has special tips in the back on playing catcher and has Scrapper trivia trading cards. There is plenty of play-by-play baseball action and some great lessons on team spirit and teamwork. I would highly recommend this book to any kids, boys or girls, between 8 and 12 years old that like baseball.