The Desperado Who Stole Baseball

by Ritter, John H (Author)

Dillontown was built upon a gold mine, but baseball is more valuable to the villagers. They would give anything for the Dillontown Nine to join the ranks of professional ballplayers--even help an outlaw on the run. Ritter brings the Old West to life in this prequel to The Boy Who Saved Baseball.

Age Range: From 10 to 14

Format: Hardcover, 260 pages

Publisher: Philomel Books, March 2009

Product Dimensions: 8.54 L × 5.88 W × 0.94 H

Publisher Marketing: Dillontown was built upon a gold mine. Yet for the villagers, life is about something even more valuable: baseball. Home to the Dillontown Nine, they would give anything to join the ranks of professional ballplayers-even their gold. Yet to make it, they will need to defeat the world champion Chicago White Stockings-and their crooked owner, willing to wager anything for the mine, and willing to do anything to avoid losing. Fortunately, Dillontown is home to two boys who know a little something about winning. One is young Jack Dillon, nephew to Dillontown founder Long John Dillon. The other? A boy on the run, in need of a second chance: none other than Billy the Kid.

One of the fi nest storytellers of our time, John H. Ritter brings the Old West to life in this prequel to his breakout success, The Boy Who Saved Baseball.

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