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Aurora County All-Stars

Written by Deborah Wiles

Narrated by Kate Jackson

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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House Jackson, age twelve, star pitcher and team captain of the Aurora County All-Stars, has a secret. For the past year, while sidelined with a broken elbow, he has spent every afternoon at the bedside of a mysterious old man the other kids call Mean-Man Boyd-and he doesn't want anyone to know. Now House is finally ready to play ball again, but his team's biggest (and ONLY) game of the year might be canceled, thanks to the very girl who caused his broken elbow. It's almost too much to bear. But in the standoff that ensues, House finds a courage he didn't know he possessed-and discovers that just about everyone in Aurora County, Mississippi, has a secret.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateAug 14, 2007
ISBN9780739355756
Author

Deborah Wiles

DEBORAH WILES is the award-winning author of Each Little Bird That Sings, a National Book Award finalist; Love, Ruby Lavender, an ALA Notable Children's Book, a Children's Book Sense 76 Pick, an NCTE Notable Book for the Language Arts, and a New York Public Library Book for Reading and Sharing; Freedom Summer, a Coretta Scott King Honor Book; The Aurora County All-Stars, a New York Public Library Book for Reading and Sharing; and One Wide Sky. She lives in Georgia.www.deborahwiles.com

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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Walt Whitman supplies quotes to uplift this story of a small-town baseball team who must compromise in order to play on the 4th of July.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This is a great book that ties in mystery, betrayal, poetry, friendship, family, community, a fancy pageant, and of course, baseball! The characters in this book are rich and multi-faceted and the plot keeps you on your toes. There is something for everyone to connect with in this book! I will read this to my kids next year as a read aloud becasue it has a little of something for everyone. It will keep my third grade students engaged throughout the entire book. What a fun read!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This is a great book that ties in mystery, betrayal, poetry, friendship, family, community, a fancy pageant, and of course, baseball! The characters in this book are rich and multi-faceted and the plot keeps you on your toes. There is something for everyone to connect with in this book!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    My favorite of the group of Wiles' books - I was happy to see old friends in the pages and happier still about the winding plot and laughing one minute, sniffling the next experience of walking through life with House Jackson for a little while. Little bit of baseball and guy stuff for the boys, little bit of girl power from Ruby Lavender and "Finesse" - lotta heart, mix in some mystery and suspense and I think students will take a bite.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Deborah Wiles is a master of capturing small town life. I tend to read a lot of books about small towns since I grew up in one. This book is not just about baseball, it's a story about growing up and learning about people who you never stopped to take time to get to know.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    The book gets off to a bit of a slow start but then the mystery begins to build and it suddenly became a page turner. The plot is different and clever where a small community is having a celebration involving the town children in a play that conflicts with the one and only baseball game played annually. So how can both happen and make everyone happy.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Audio review: Too much Walt Whitman and baseball action for me, but Kate Jackson's narration (yes, Kate Jackson of Charlie's Angels!) gives the story a warm, Southern small-town folksiness.

    House Jackson and his pals are readying for their one baseball game of the year against the Red Bugs. Unfortunately, the Aurora County 100th birthday pageant may supplant the ball game with the support of the mothers who have sworn their kids will participate. House finds a way to a “true symphony,” a way for both events to be held, thanks to the words of Walt Whitman, the memory of his late mother, and the reclusive Mr. Boyd, to whom he had been secretly reading aloud until the man’s death.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Enjoyed seeing some of the characters from "each little bird that sings", finding their way into this novel.Very touching story about forgiveness, dreams deferred and the strength of seeing people for who they are. House learns all these lessons, as he struggles to play the once-a-year baseball game with the Raleigh Redbugs or participate in the annual Aurora County Pagent. Involved in both are Finess, the girl responsible for him not participating in last year's game. House has to decide how to forgive Finess and participate in the game he loves most.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Love this author and I love her characters and setting in her books. All her books connected by certain characters. Lots of baseball history in this one. Small town relationships.