Power at the Plate (Sports Illustrated Kids Graphic Novels)

Good book!!

My son loves to read these

Reason for Reading: I have read a couple of books from this series and was very impressed with them. This series of hi-lo easy readers for reluctant readers or those with LDs is impressive in it's execution. Appealing to young to mid-teens this story centres round two step brothers who do not get along, ages 14 & 15, they play on the same baseball team with the eldest receiving all the glory. The youngest is a good player but he feels as if no one ever pays any attention to him as he's always living in his brother's shadow so he sets out to destroy his brothers lucky charm and prove he can play a good game and get the attention himself. Typical teen situation, behaviour and language. An uneasy relationship is worked out through honesty and good sportsmanship in the end. The story will appeal up to age 15 and yet the reading level is very low, listed at RL: 1.6 and GRL: J. A well worked out, interesting story, that will appeal to its targeted audience.

My grandson (9) really enjoys this book and reads it over and over. One thing he likes is that the details of the game of baseball are accurate. He is a baseball buff and knows the is and outs of the game, and doesn't enjoy books where the authors' accounts of the game are not accurate.

Present for a 10 yr. old baseball player.

I love base ball and this gust exposed baseball to the world Thank you for this book I hope you can make more in this series

I thought it was a great story. My grandson really liked it. He was impressed that Luke and Jake were able to finally work together. We will Will definitely get the other books in the series to read for bed. Perfect for a growing boy.

Power at the Plate by Scott Ciencin is an exciting graphic novel about baseball. Jake Thorson is the best hitter in the league, but his stepbrother cut a hole in his bat Stormbreaker so it would break. If you like baseball I highly recommend this book. It was a good read. Review Written by Nathan Rice, age 8