Dean Hughes

New student Dashiell Brody wants to play baseball with the boys, which leads to problems with her family and her school.

Two boys, one German and one American, are eager to join their respective armies during World War II, and their paths cross at the Battle of the Bulge.

Trying to hold onto the newfound stability of his life in a foster home, thirteen-year-old David worries about the growing moodiness of his guardian Paul and the fluctuating fortunes of his Pony League baseball team.

Sterling Malone is a fullback who wants to be a forward, just like his big brother.

The Angel Park Pride must learn to play not as a group of talented individuals, but as a single unit, if they are to win the championship.

Jacob Scott, of Angel Park baseball fame, finds out first-hand that soccer is just as exciting as baseball, and maybe more demanding.

Called "rookie star" by the town paper, third-grader Kenny Sandoval, talented first baseman for the Angel Park Dodgers, is determined to prove that the name has not gone to his head.

When Jeff Reinhold breaks his arm, a small Asian boy named Lian Jie becomes the new second baseman.

When the Angel Park Dodgers get so rattled by the Reds that they can hardly play baseball, rookie Jacob attempts to relax them with meditation exercises he finds in a sports psychology book.

Fifth-grader, Nutty Nutsell, produces another memorable science fair project when his partner, William Bilks, transfers photons of light to Nutty's brain, causing a personality change and his head to glow in the dark.

Brad's fantasies, in which an imaginary friend humiliates the bright athletic boy of whom Brad is extremely jealous, start coming true in a way he cannot control.