Playing the Field | 
 enlarge | Author: Janette Rallison
Publisher: Walker Books for Young Readers
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1258004
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 172
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 0802776973
EAN: 9780802776976
ASIN: 0802776973
Publication Date: September 1, 2004
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Condition: Paperback, Book in Excellent Condition
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Product Description
Thirteen-year old McKay is a talented baseball player, but as equally untalented when it comes to algebra. If he doesn't bring his grade up, his parents threaten to make him quit the team. His best friend Tony thinks the natural solution is for McKay to befriend Serena, a pretty girl in class, who also happens to get straight A's in algebra. Not only will that get McKay the tutor he desperately needs, but it will give Tony the chance to flirt with Serena's two best friends. Unfortunately, if McKay follows Tony's advice on how to "play the game," he might find himself in an even worse spot than when he was merely failing algebra. With a keen sense of wit, and more self-confidence than he gives himself credit for, McKay will keep readers alternately laughing and groaning as he is dragged kicking and screaming into the subtle (and often not so subtle) world of teen dating.
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Baseball or Dating - What a Choice! January 17, 2008
Playing the Field is the first book I've read by Janette Rallison. Five minutes after I finished the last chapter, I ordered every other book that Janette has written.
The characterization and point of view made this book an incredible read for me. I love how the story is told through the voice of a boy and I love all the baseball talk. And . . . it's not just talk or references, this author knows her game! We actually get to go inside the mind of McKay, a teenage boy who is suddenly faced with the world of dating. More unsure than insecure, McKay watches and listens to his best friend, Tony, boast about his "going out" skills. Thank goodness McKay does not follow Tony's lead. McKay seems for the most part to like being who he is, a boy who likes baseball, has trouble with algebra, and wants his own room. We do see him go back and forth about dating, but the no dating until your 16 rule is pretty much iron clad as far as his parents are concerned.
Janette Rallison did an excellent job of making all the characters in this book 3-dimensional without using cliches. She is a great writer and gives her wonderful cast of characters unique and individual voices.
playing the field is playing in stores. June 10, 2005
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Hey like baseball, love, and helpful hints to be a teen? well playing the field has all of those and is very intertaning.
all of janette rallisons books are inspiering to all and are made for teens. I think this book is five stars and makes you feel like you can see the whole thing in your head. I think it is so good they could make a movie about it.
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