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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Maddox, Jake.
Behind the plate / by Jake Maddox; text by Chris Kreie; illustrated by Sean Tiffany.
p. cm. — (Jake Maddox sports story)
ISBN 978-1-4342-4010-1 (library binding) — ISBN 978-1-4342-4205-1 (pbk.)
ISBN 978-1-4342-5986-8 (e-book)
1. Baseball stories. 2. Stress (Psychology)—Juvenile fiction. 3. Children of divorced parents—Juvenile fiction. 4. Fathers and sons—Juvenile fiction. [1. Baseball—Fiction. 2. Stress (Psychology)—Fiction. 3. Divorce—Fiction. 4. Fathers and sons—Fiction.] I. Kreie, Chris. II. Tiffany, Sean, ill. III. Title.
PZ7.M25643Beh 2012
813.6—dc23                                          2011053322

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