Recovering from polio, Nick believes he will never play baseball again. He spends his summer helping his father, a minor league baseball coach. A visiting team player, Satchel Paige, one of the greatest pitchers of all time, teaches Nick that the impossiblejust might be possible.
The Nutmeg nominee of 2014 is King of the Mound. The setting is at a baseball game. The characters name is Nick. The goal is to win the baseball game.
ReplyDeleteThe book was a really good book. My favorite part was when Nick threw a strike in the state championships. Nick was the pitcher for 6 innings and was subbed out of the games for 2 innings and he threw 3 balls and 1 strike. He threw another strike and he…
JMS SPG GR5
King of the Mound by Wes Tooke is about an eleven year-old boy named Nick. He lives in Minnesota and has a disease called polio. He is a baseball fanatic and is obsessed with pitcher Satchel Paige. Satchel’s team is in a competition and means all business.
ReplyDeleteI loved this book and would recommend this book to baseball and sports fans. This book is overall outstanding, but it’s ending stands out. Read it yourself and enjoy the phenomenal book for yourself!
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The book ‘’ King of the Mound’’ by Wes Tooke is a glorious and strike out surprising - filled book about Satchel Paige. Satchel Paige is one of the best players in the Negro Leagues. In the book Nicks father played with Satchel. And soon after his father retires Nick gets polio and Nicks mother dies. So Nick is looking for inspiration to get back on the field. Can Satchel Paige help him get back in the game and be a great pitcher? Nick thinks he can do it with Satchel’s help. But Nick’s leg is broken and still will get back on that field.
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