Beam, Matt. Getting to first base with Danalda Chase.BEAM, Matt. Getting to first base with Danalda Chase. Penguin penguin, originally the common name for the now extinct great auk of the N Atlantic and now used (since the 19th cent.) for the unrelated antarctic diving birds. , Dutton. 192p. illus. c2007 0-525-47578-8, $16.99. J What do love and baseball have in common? Baseball nut Darcy, a junior high student, has a crush on pretty Danalda but he doesn't know what to do about it. He decides to try to connect his two interests and make a game of chasing Danalda. Darcy gets advice from his grandfather, a former minor leaguer Noun 1. minor leaguer - a player on a minor-league baseball team bush leaguer minor-league club, minor-league team - a team that plays in a minor league ballplayer, baseball player - an athlete who plays baseball , but Grandpa is becoming increasingly forgetful. One day Grandpa goes missing when Darcy doesn't come straight home from school to keep an eye on to watch. - Shak. See also: Eye him, and he has to go into a retirement home. Darcy also gets advice from the new girl, Kamna, who is of course a much better match for him than the snobbish snob·bish adj. Of, befitting, or resembling a snob; pretentious. snob  bish·ly adv. Danalda, and from his friend Ralph, and along the way he learns
about life, love and the importance of "going with your gut."
The characters are introduced with illustrated "baseball cards" at the beginning, and younger YAs who are into baseball and curious about relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc girls--What happens at a spin-the-bottle party? What do you do on a date?--would be the appropriate audience for this mostly humorous look at growing up. Paula Rohrlick, KLIATT J--Recommended for junior high school students. The contents are of particular interest to young adolescents and their teachers. |
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