Super-Sized Slugger

Ripken, Cal, Jr.

ISBN 10: 0307942759 ISBN 13: 9780307942753

Publisher: Listening Library, 2012

Synopsis

Thirteen-year-old Cody Parker moves to Baltimore, Maryland, where, as an overweight eighth-grader, he has to deal with brutal teasing from a baseball teammate, and his school is beset by a rash of mysterious thefts that threaten to sideline Cody and ruin a golden season for his team. Simultaneous.

About this title

About the Author

Cal Ripken, Jr. was a shortstop and third baseman for the Baltimore Orioles for his entire twenty-one-season career (1981–2001). He is most remembered for playing a record 2,632 straight games over seventeen seasons, shattering the record previously held by the legendary Lou Gehrig. In 2007 he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, after earning the most votes in history.

Kevin Cowherd is an award-winning sports columnist with The Baltimore Sun. He has also written forMen’s Health, Parenting, and Baseball Digest magazines and is the author of a collection of columns,Last Call at the 7-Eleven.

Edition details

• Publisher: Listening Library
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0307942759
• ISBN 13: 9780307942753
• Binding: Audio CD