Long Stretch at First Base (Matt Christopher Sports Classics) [Paperback]

Matt Christopher (Author), Karen Meyer (Illustrator)

Book Description

Series: Matt Christopher Sports Classics | Publication Date: April 1993

Bobby Jamison worries that his older brother, Kirby, won't be chosen to play first base for the All-Star team because he isn't a strong hitter. Then he sees his chance to give Kirby the advantage over a better all-around player...but will his conscience let him take it?

Product Details

• Paperback: 148 pages
• Publisher: Little Brown & Co (Juv Pap) (April 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316141011
• ISBN-13: 978-0316141017
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,199,783 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2.0 out of 5 stars Message Lost, October 28, 2002

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Spideymom (Rockland County, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Long Stretch at First Base (Turtleback)

My son who is 8 read this book for school and had to write a book report so I also read it in order to help him. Overall I wasn't impressed and although my son is a baseball fanatic he wasn't all that enthusiatic for the story as well.
The main plot of the story really gets lost in the endless descriptions of games. The story lacks a lot of details that might help to position it in the mind of the reader. Where does the story take place. How old are the kids? How is it possible that Bobby and Kirby are on the same Little League team when they are far enough apart in age that there is a sister between them?

And there are scenes in the book that add nothing to the story - like the scense with them in a tent watching a deer.

And the ending was bizarre. Other than it being a little unexpected how does it add anything to the main plot line??

Not the best story in my opinion.

5.0 out of 5 stars The Greatest Book Ever, March 21, 2002

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Latisha Wilson (usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Long Stretch at First Base (Hardcover)

This is a great book and the begining of the book is great because it has alot of detail on what happen.My favorit part of the book is when he hit a home run and went to the all-star.

3.0 out of 5 stars Long Strech at First Base, November 15, 2001

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Long Stretch at First Base (Matt Christopher Sports Classics) (Paperback)

The main characters are Kirby and his little brother.They love the game of baseball.They could live on baseball.They play on a baseball team.They had to play a very good team and if they won the game they would be in first place.That means they are the best team.During that game they had the lead untill the end of the game when the other team came back and won.That put Kirby's team in third place.They thought they could have won the game.This book is not the best but not the worst.