John H Ritter Books In Order

Cruz de la Cruz Books In Order

  1. The Desperado Who Stole Baseball (2009)
  2. The Boy Who Saved Baseball (2000)

Novels

  1. Choosing Up Sides (1998)
  2. Over the Wall (2000)
  3. Under the Baseball Moon (2006)
  4. Fenway Fever (2012)

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John H Ritter Books Overview

The Desperado Who Stole Baseball

Dillontown was built upon a gold mine. Yet for the villagers, life is about something even more valuable: baseball. Home to the Dillontown Nine, they would give anything to join the ranks of professional ballplayers even their gold. Yet to make it, they will need to defeat the world champion Chicago White Stockings and their crooked owner, willing to wager anything for the mine, and willing to do anything to avoid losing. Fortunately, Dillontown is home to two boys who know a little something about winning. One is young Jack Dillon, nephew to Dillontown founder Long John Dillon. The other? A boy on the run, in need of a second chance: none other than Billy the Kid. One of the fi nest storytellers of our time, John H. Ritter brings the Old West to life in this prequel to his breakout success, The Boy Who Saved Baseball.

The Boy Who Saved Baseball

Tom Gallagher finds himself in a tight spot. The fate of Dillontown rests on the outcome of one baseball game, winner take all. And it’s all because Tom had to open his big mouth. If only he could get Dante Del Gato the greatest hitter to ever play the game to coach the team. But crazy ol’ Del Gato hasn’t spoken to folks in years, not after walking away from the game in disgrace just before his team played in its first World Series. Maybe Tom has one more hope: Cruz de la Cruz, the mysterious boy who just rode into town on horseback claiming to know the secret of hitting. Not to mention the secrets of Del Gato…
John H. Ritter’s new novel celebrates the holy game of baseball, playing larger than life games with heroism, redemption, and the making of a legend. Cruz on.

Choosing Up Sides

THIS EDITION IS INTENDED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. In 1921, 13 year old Luke finds himself torn between accepting his left handedness or conforming to the belief of his preacher father, that such a condition is evil and must be overcome.

Over the Wall

Anger is a bombshell exploding. And for 13 year old Tyler, the baseball field has become a battlefield laced with landmines. He tries to watch his step, but every time he thinks he has his temper under control, boom!, he winds up in a fight. If he isn’t careful, his dreams of making the All Star team and being noticed by a scout are going to blow up as well. But Tyler’s coach isn’t about to let that happen. A Vietnam War veteran, Coach Trioli has seen anger destroy enough people. He knows that Tyler is fighting a war that has no winner. And if Tyler is ever going to be the ballplayer he dreams of becoming, he’ll have to learn to fight his battles with his glove, his bat, and his love for the game not with his fists.

John H. Ritter, author of the award winning Choosing Up Sides, has written a powerful story about war, fair play, and one boy’s struggle to find a middle ground.

Under the Baseball Moon

Andy Ramos, a free style skateboarding trumpeter, has dreams as big as a baseball moon. Born into a family of musicians, Andy wants to take his unique fusion of Latin jazz, rock, and hip hop straight to the top. But when he crosses paths with Glory Martinez, a softball pitcher who has Olympian dreams of her own, the mysterious fusion of their athletic and musical skills changes everything. Or is that due to the elegant, but eerie man in black? John H. Ritter, author of The Boy Who Saved Baseball, is back with his stylistic voice and rhythmic style in an engaging tale set in a real soul filled California beach town. Under the Baseball Moon is a stylistic blend of music, softball, and friends that will capture the hearts and souls of readers with a craving for the wild and woolbacious.

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