The Boy Who Saved Baseball

John H. Ritter • Foreshadowing 

The Arrow is the monthly digital product that features copywork and dictation passages from a specific read aloud novel (you purchase or obtain the novels yourself). It’s geared toward children ages 11-12 and is an indispensable tool for parents who want to teach language arts in a natural, literature-bathed context.

This guide contains the following features:

• 4 Passages (one per week) for copywork/dictation
• Notes about punctuation, spelling, vocabulary, and literary devices
• 3 Grammar or Punctuation Spotlights
• Cultural Context box
• Literary Device: Foreshadowing
• Writing Activity: Let's look forward to foreshadowing! 
• 9 Discussion Questions
• Book Club Party ideas
• 50 pages
• Publication Date: May 2020
• Updated: November 2021

How does the Arrow fit into the Brave Writer complete language arts program? Learn more on our Getting Started page.

About the book

Tom Gallagher is in a tight spot. The fate of the Dillontown team rests on the outcome of one baseball game, winner take all. If Tom's team loses, they lose their field too. But how can they possibly win? Just when everything seems hopeless, a mysterious boy named Cruz de la Cruz rides into town and claims to know the secret of hitting. Not to mention the secrets of Dante Del Gato, Dillontown's greatest hitter ever. Since he walked away from the game years ago, Del Gato hasn't spoken a word to anyone. But now he might be Tom's only hope for saving his hometown. From the award-winning author of Over the Wall and Choosing Up Sides comes this imaginative tale of one boy's struggle to preserve the spirit of the game he loves.—Amazon

Purchase The Boy Who Saved Baseball novel here (Amazon affiliate link).