02237cam a2200433 i 4500 650837890 TxAuBib 20080129120000.0 060106s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2006000370 9780805079005 hardcover 0805079009 hardcover 9780805079005 (OCoLC)63705768 DLC eng rda DLC TxAuBib rda Auch, Mary Jane. One-handed catch / MJ Auch. First edition. New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2006. 248 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Not even losing his hand can keep Norm from trying out for the baseball team What would life be like with only one hand? That' s exactly what eleven-year-old Norm finds out when he loses his left hand in an accident at his family' s store. It' s July 4, 1946. World War II has ended, and life is getting back to normal. But for Norm, the pressing question now is whether he will ever be able to play baseball again, or be an artist. It' s up to Norm to find the strength to get beyond this roadblock and move on with his life. Set against the quickening pace of life after wartime constraints, this inspiring novel is about an optimist who overcomes his misfortune with discipline and humor- and fulfills his dreams in ways no one could have expected. 710L Lexile. Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.2 8 109088. 20080129. Blubonnet Award Nominee 2008-2009. Amputees Fiction. Self-reliance Fiction. People with disabilities Fiction. Families New York (State) Fiction. Baseball stories. New York (State) History 20th century Fiction. Fiction. lcgft https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0643/2006000370-d.html Publisher description https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0643/2006000370-b.html Contributor biographical information LAKCL