| Author |
Warner, Frank A. |
| Illustrator |
Owen, Robert Emmett, 1878-1957 |
| Title |
Bobby Blake on the School Nine; Or, The Champions of the Monatook Lake League
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| Note |
Reading ease score: 82.0 (6th grade). Easy to read.
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| Credits |
Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
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| Summary |
"Bobby Blake on the School Nine; Or, The Champions of the Monatook Lake League" by Frank A. Warner is a children's novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the adventures of an eleven-year-old boy named Bobby Blake and his friends as they navigate school life and play baseball in their team, the School Nine. The themes of friendship, camaraderie, and the excitement of childhood adventures are central to the narrative. The opening of the book introduces readers to a lively scene at a train station where Bobby and his friends are returning to school from the Christmas holidays. They engage in playful antics that include a snowball fight, highlighting their youthful spirit and camaraderie. As the boys interact with their peers, Betty Martin, Fred Martin’s sister, joins the group, allowing for playful banter that illustrates the dynamics between the boys and girls. This opening segment sets the tone for the book, emphasizing themes of friendship, competition, and light-heartedness, while hinting at the adventures and challenges that lie ahead as the boys prepare to journey back to school. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Language |
English |
| LoC Class |
PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
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| Subject |
Baseball stories
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| Subject |
Teamwork (Sports) -- Juvenile fiction
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| Subject |
Awards -- Juvenile fiction
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| Subject |
Sportsmanship -- Juvenile fiction
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| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
45990 |
| Release Date |
Jun 15, 2014 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads |
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