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Mike Trout

Title:

Mike Trout

Author:

Bach, Greg, author.

Mason Crest Publishers.

Series:

Ballpark greats.

Pro baseball's best players.

Summary:

Mike Trout, the super-talented center fielder for the Los Angeles Angels, has emerged as arguably the greatest baseball player in the game today and is on pace to be labeled as one of the best ever. Winner of the 2012 American League Rookie of the Year Award, Trout has already gone on to win the American League's Most Valuable Player Award twice while putting up never-before-seen numbers in the process.

General Note:

Includes webography.

Contents:

Greatest moments -- The road to the top -- On the diamond -- Words count -- Off the diamond -- Series glossary of key terms -- Further reading & Internet resources -- Index -- Author biography & credits.

Physical Description:

80 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Genre:

Biographies.

Personal Subject:

Trout, Mike, 1991--Juvenile literature.

Corporate Subject:

Major League Baseball (Organization) -- Juvenile literature.

Los Angeles Angels (Baseball team) -- History -- Juvenile literature.

California Angels (Baseball team) -- Juvenile literature.

Subject Term:

Baseball players -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Added Corporate Author:

Mason Crest Publishers.

Publisher:

Mason Crest, an imprint of National Highlights, Inc.,

Publication Date:

2020

ISBN:

9781422244401

Publication Information:

Broomall, Pennsylvania : Mason Crest, an imprint of National Highlights, Inc., [2020]

Call Number:

J 920 TROUT

Holds: Copies:

Available:*

Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
33607003384032	Juvenile Nonfiction	920 TROUT	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

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Reviews (1)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 7 Up--Readers who have been enduring football season just to make it to baseball spring training will be happy to find this on the shelves. Each player is given the full biographical treatment, including "The Greatest Career Moments," which are accompanied by QR codes linking to videos of the specific plays. A chapter dedicated to player quotes rates the sound-bites on their originality; some are more cliché than others. It would be an interesting research project to analyze the ingenuity of these short speeches. Text-dependent questions and research project suggestions cap off each chapter. Each book concludes with a chapter about charitable work and personal details. While mostly good, there is some questionable formatting that complicates reading. "The Greatest Career Moments" are inserted into chapter one of each book, breaking up the narrative (in the case of Justin Verlander, splitting a sentence with a nine-page break). VERDICT Cherry-pick based on local popularity.