Hit & Miss
Reeks: Jeter Publishing
Derek Jeter
- The
- second
- middle
- grade
- book
- in
- the
- New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- Jeter
- Publishing
- imprint,
- Hit
- &
- Miss
- is
- a
- baseball
- novel
- inspired
- by
- the
- youth
- of
- legendary
- sports
- icon
- and
- role
- model
- Derek
- Jeter.“Just
- try
- to
- make
- solid
- contact,
- stay
- level
- and
- in
- control.
- Positive
- thoughts
- only,
- right?”That’s
- the
- advice
- Derek’s
- father
- gives
- him
- about
- batting—and
- a
- lot
- more.
- It
- seems
- that
- Little
- League
- season
- is
- here.
- Throughout
- the
- long
- Michigan
- winter,
- Derek
- thought
- that
- Opening
- Day
- might
- never
- come.
- Now
- at
- last
- he
- can
- pursue
- his
- dream
- of
- one
- day
- playing
- shortstop
- for
- the
- New
- York
- Yankees.As
- luck
- would
- have
- it,
- he’s
- on
- the
- Red
- Sox
- this
- year,
- and
- they
- seem
- to
- have
- more
- talent
- than
- the
- Tigers,
- the
- team
- he
- was
- on
- when
- last
- season
- ended
- in
- disappointment.
- His
- best
- friend,
- Vijay,
- is
- with
- him
- again,
- and
- Derek
- gets
- the
- same
- number—13!—that
- his
- father
- wore
- in
- college.
- Now
- if
- the
- new
- kid
- with
- the
- chauffeur
- turns
- out
- to
- be
- a
- player,
- well,
- the
- Red
- Sox
- might
- just
- win
- it
- all.But
- as
- Derek
- finds
- out,
- both
- baseball
- and
- life
- are
- hard.
- Before
- the
- season
- is
- over,
- he’ll
- break
- out
- of
- a
- slump,
- bring
- his
- teammates
- closer
- together,
- learn
- a
- new
- sport,
- solve
- the
- mystery
- of
- why
- his
- sister
- Sharlee
- seems
- so
- quiet,
- and
- suffer
- the
- consequences
- for
- violating
- “The
- Contract”
- he
- had
- signed
- with
- his
- parents.
- Before
- he
- can
- move
- closer
- to
- his
- dream,
- there
- are
- many
- lessons
- to
- be learned.
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