Wild Pitch

Matt Christopher

Eddie can’t stand the idea of girls playing in the same baseball league as he and his buddies. Why, he asks, can’t girls just go somewhere else and do something different?

When one of Eddie’s wild pitches injures a girl on an opposing team, it’s easy to see why many people think he hurt her on purpose. It was an accident, but because of what he’s done, Eddie not only has to confront his guilty feelings, he also has to reexamine his ideas about boys and girls existing together as equals.

This new Matt Christopher sports story is full of the fast action t but it also deals with a subject that is on the minds of young athletes all over the country.

 

Run, Billy, Run

MATT CHRISTOPHER

Billy Chekko is a runner, but he has always run more for practical reasons than for exercise or competition. His family lives in the poor section of a quarry town and cannot afford a car, so Billy has to do errands on foot. For him the fastest way to get somewhere is the best, and the fastest way is to run.

Once track season starts, however, Billy decides he has another reason to run. He:wants to join the high school team and show up the neighborhood braggart, Cody Jones. Cody is a sprinter, and Billy unwisely tries to beat him in short races even though distance running seems to be Billy’s strong point.

Frustrated by his lack of success, bothered by problems at home, and confused by the feelings he has about a new girl he’s met, Billy finds that his life is becoming very complicated. How Billy finally gets himself on the right track at school and at home is a story that will excite anyone who’s ever wondered what it would be like to try out for the track team.