From Andrea Williams, the bestselling author of We Are Family with LeBron James, comes Inside the Park, the story of a young baseball fan´s misadventures after getting locked inside a pro baseball stadium on the eve of the biggest game of the season.
In this all-new, hilarious, action-packed middle grade tale, Timothy "Pumpsie" Strickland, a baseball-loving twelve-year-old, is about to step up to the plate for the biggest swing of his life.
Pumpsie needs a win. Or to be more precise, he needs the Nashville Wildcats to win. Pumpsie´s been waiting his entire life--twelve whole years!--for his favorite team to make it to the playoffs. And this year--finally!--they´re just one win away.
But when Pumpsie accidentally gets trapped in Lookout Field the night before the last game of the season, with only a lost dog named Campy for company, he may have accidentally stumbled into the best night of his life. For a baseball fan like Pumpsie, using the pro batting cages, running the bases, playing with the public address system, eating all the concession-stand junk food he can find is a dream come true . . . until he realizes he´s not alone in the stadium. Foul plots are brewing beneath Lookout Field, and now it´s on Pumpsie to swallow his fears, gum up his courage, and swing for the fences if he wants to save the Wildcats´ postseason chances.
Inside the Park is a fun-filled, action-packed slice of wish fulfillment that´s perfect for fans of Mike Lupica and Tim Green or any kid who´s ever closed their eyes and imagined stepping up to the plate with the game tied and the season on the line.