Choice Read Post

Unfortunately, my choice book has gone missing! If anyone has seen a copy of The Boy Who Saved Baseball in Miss. Barnicle's room, please let me know. On top of that, I don't think I have my name in the book, so if it is located, no one will know that it is mine. Ugh! Oh well. The story was getting very interesting. Tom Gallagher, the book's main character, and his baseball team are practicing for The Big Game. This game will determine the fate of their home, Dillontown. If Tom's team wins, then the proposed housing development plan for the area will be thrown away. If the team loses, then the rolling hills will be steamrolled out and will be replaced with houses, golf courses, and new businesses. A majority of the townspeople are against the development plan, but the mayor made preparations anyway. The fate of the town rests on the shoulders of the baseball players. The team was surprised when a retired professional baseball player, Dante Del Gato, came out of retirement to help coach the team to victory. Del Gato has been working with the players for a few days, showing them everything he knows that could help them win the Big Game.

Choice Book

For my choice book, I chose The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John Ritter. I chose this book because I read it several years ago and wanted to reread it because I liked it so much. The story takes place in a small town, Dillontown, in southern California. The town is going downhill, and a new development is proposed to bring in new businesses. However, several of the townspeople are against the plan, including the town baseball team. It is proposed that a baseball game will be played against a neighboring town. If Dillontown wins, the development will be canceled. If the other team wins, then the plan will go through. Thus far, the team has been training for the big game. Let's go Dillontown!

Books

The first book I can remember reading was Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing in Mrs. Wagenbach's class in 2nd grade. I was reading with my classmate Rachel; we took turns reading paragraphs. This was a funny book that us 2nd graders could relate to. The first book I remember liking was Hatchet by Gary Paulson. I had to do a book report on it in 4th grade. I liked Hatchet because it was about a boy who survived in the wild by himself for a long time, and that seemed interesting to me. My reading journey has been one of reading as little as possible. I can think of several things I would rather do than sit down and read a book. I currently hold the same views of reading: if it's optional, I'm not reading it. My goal for reading this year is to read what I have to, no more, no less.