Scaletta, Kurtis.

Mudville / Kurtis Scaletta. - 1st Yearling ed. - New York : Yearling, c2009. - 265 p. ; 20 cm.

Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010 School Library Journal, March 2009 Booklist, March 2009 Horn Book, July 2009 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), June 2009 Library Media Connection, May 2009

Twelve-year-old Roy McGuire, an aspiring major leaguer, does not get much time to practice as it has been raining in his town for over twenty years, but when foster child Sturgis comes to live at his house, the rain finally stops, giving the boys a chance to organize a baseball team--an endeavor that changes their lives.

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Baseball--Fiction.
Foster home care--Fiction.
Rain--Fiction.
Family life--Minnesota--Fiction.
Dakota Indians--Fiction.
Native Americans--Minnesota--Fiction.
Native Americans--United States--Fiction.


Minnesota--Fiction.

PZ7.S27912 / Mud 2009

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