{"id":1026,"date":"2024-11-14T12:17:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T12:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=1026"},"modified":"2024-11-14T12:17:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T12:17:00","slug":"book-review-second-chance-baseball-buddies-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=1026","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Second Chance (Baseball Buddies, 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Second Chance (Baseball Buddies, 2)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

by Aaron Derr<\/p>\n

Genre:<\/strong> Middle Grade Fiction \/ Sports<\/p>\n

ISBN: <\/strong>9781643713922<\/p>\n

Print Length:<\/strong> 160 pages<\/p>\n

Publisher:<\/strong> Red Chair Press<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Reviewed by Toni Woodruff<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>Pleasant and fun\u2014a lighthearted story of baseball and teamwork<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>The Manatees are back! Thanks to Coach Joe and an unexpectedly excellent captain (newcomer Luis), this little league team has the best attitude around. They\u2019re pretty good at baseball\u2014which definitely helps!\u2014but the reason the Manatees shine is because of their teamwork and the lack of pressure. Sure they want to win, but they want more than anything for their teammates to have a great time and do their best. And without that pressure, they end up hitting those homeruns, throwing those strikeouts, and winning some of those games.<\/p>\n

In this second installment in the Baseball Buddies series, their number one attribute hits a snag. Two new kids\u2014Ty and Savannah\u2014have been kicked off of every other team in the league for their poor behavior, and Coach Joe thinks they might finally hit their stride on the team with the best sportsmanship in the league: the Manatees.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Only problem is\u2014they might just be monsters from outer space. Luis wants to give them a shot, but even in their first practice, they\u2019re being total downers. They bring tension and bad attitudes to make everybody flounder. It\u2019s even clear to Coach Joe that these two are just not the right fit for this team. But they won\u2019t be able to play in the league if they\u2019re kicked off of their team\u2014it\u2019s their last chance. Coach Joe thinks they\u2019re too troublesome to bring on board.<\/p>\n

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But Luis\u2014the most kindhearted, good-natured captain you\u2019ll find\u2014thinks otherwise. Everybody deserves to play and have fun, even monsters from outer space. The Manatees have high hopes for this year, but they may not stand a chance if their team isn\u2019t firing on all cylinders against superteams like the heavy-hitting Dragons. Ty and Savannah are good players; they could<\/em> help. But will they?<\/p>\n

Second Chance<\/em> is a charming book about a dynamic group of goodhearted kids featuring plenty of great baseball gameplay. If you\u2019ve got a baseball-loving young middle schooler at home, they\u2019re going to love how much baseball is played in this series. And parents will love how it teaches them to manage their anger and tension while playing. It\u2019s always such a pleasure to read a sports book that includes enough sports to keep young ballplayers happy.<\/p>\n

Another thing your kid will love is just how easy and entertaining it is. We\u2019re not venturing through a full season here; we\u2019re going through a few important (and fun!) games while building that loving, caring community of a team in just an episode.<\/p>\n

This is a story about not giving up and trying your best\u2014even against the seemingly indomitable Hideki. We already love the Manatees. It\u2019s so great that we have the chance to love the Dragons too. Hideki is a homerun-hitting beast on the other team. He should be the bad guy in this story. But in Second Chance<\/em>, he\u2019s a good one. He\u2019s so skilled and strong, but he\u2019s a kind kid too. He seems like an amazing player you\u2019d be proud to wear the jersey of.<\/p>\n

Ty and Savannah\u2019s stories offer another glimpse into the human behind the players. It\u2019s a great reminder for kids that those monsters from outer space are probably just people, struggling with whichever situation\u2019s been handed them.<\/p>\n

This book rules. Keep your\u201c<\/em>eyes up\u201d<\/em> <\/strong>for the next inevitably stellar installment.<\/p>\n

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Second Chance (Baseball Buddies, 2) by Aaron Derr Genre: Middle Grade Fiction \/ Sports ISBN: 9781643713922 Print Length: 160 pages Publisher: Red Chair Press Buy from Amazon Buy from Bookshop Reviewed by Toni Woodruff Pleasant and fun\u2014a lighthearted story of baseball and teamwork \u00a0The Manatees are back! Thanks to Coach Joe and an unexpectedly excellent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bookreviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}