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Overview

Jimmy Winter is a born star on the baseball field, and Seth Barnam can only dream of being as talented. Still, the two baseball fanatics have the kind of friendship that should last forever. But when Seth experiences an unthinkable loss, he's forced to find his own personal strength—on and off the field.

An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
An ALA Best Book for Reluctant Readers
A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Book of the Year

Seth faces a strain on his friendship with Jimmy, who is both a baseball champion and something of an irresponsible fool, when Jimmy is kicked off the team.

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This compelling tale of baseball and friendship, PW said, ``hits a home run'' with its ``action worthy of the sports page.'' Ages 12-up. (May)
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Gr 6-10-- On the day Seth Barham met Jimmy Winter, his life changed. Seth had been an unfocused, confused pre-teen who had never come to terms with his father's death when he was seven. He meets Jimmy in a park as Jimmy's overbearing father is putting his son through intense baseball drills. As their friendship develops, Jimmy's intensity and self-assurance on the playing field spills over into Seth's life, helping him to blossom as a student and a baseball player. However, Jimmy's home life begins to unravel when his parents divorce. Also, he is suspended from the team when he develops a drinking problem. Seth withstands peer pressure to drink, and, with his mother's support, begins to accept his father's death. However, his biggest battle comes when he must cope with Jimmy's death in an auto accident. Baseball action permeates the story, increasing the novel's interest to those readers familiar with the sport but setting up possible barriers for the uninitiated. Seth's simply told, often moving first-person narrative is meant to be his way of accepting the two losses in his life. However, although the semi-therapeutic story covers three years in the boys' baseball lives, it largely ignores their school lives and some readers may wonder what else they did. Mixing themes common to many YA coming-of-age titles with strong character development, this easy-to-read and well-paced novel will involve many readers. --Jack Forman, Mesa College Library, San Diego

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780316067263
  • Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
  • Publication date: 4/1/2007
  • Edition description: Reissue
  • Pages: 208
  • Sales rank: 55,739
  • Age range: 12 - 18 Years
  • Lexile: 0650L (what's this?)
  • Product dimensions: 5.50 (w) x 8.25 (h) x 0.62 (d)

Meet the Author

Carl Deuker is a teacher in the Northshore School District outside of Seattle. He has won numerous awards for his novels.

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Chapter One

My father's game was golf. He was great at it, too. There is a box full of his trophies in our attic. If he hadn't died, golf would have been my game too. I would never have played baseball, would never have been best friends with Jimmy Winter. I'd have heard about what happened to him while I was hitting a bucket of balls at Palo Alto Muni to prepare for the high school tournament.

But my father did die, and I've spent the last five years living and breathing baseball. Most of the time Jimmy Winter has been by my side. No, that's not right. The right way to say it is I've been by his side.

I was born in San Francisco, but I've lived all my life in Redwood City, a boring suburb south of the city. My father was a traveling salesman for IBM. He died ten years ago, when I was seven. He was in a hotel in Los Angeles when he had something like a stroke. He called the lobby for help, but his speech was slurred. The switchboard operator figured he was drunk and ignored him. In the morning a maid found him dead. It's a horrible way to die-alone in a hotel room begging for help, with people thinking you're just some boozer.

People say I look like my father, and I guess I do a little. From old photos I can tell he was tall and thin and had brown hair, like me. But his face was broad and fleshy, and mine is all angles and bones.

My mother says that every once in a while I'll do something small -- scratch my head or plop down on a chair-and it will be exactly the way he used to do it. I always feel strange when she tells me stuff like that. His blood is in my veins, but I never got to know him.

The day of my father's funeral ournext-door neighbor, Mr. Mongolin, crouched to my level and looked me in the eye. "You're the man of the house now, Seth. You have to take care of your mother."

I remember my throat going fight, and a panicky feeling coming over me. "Yes, sir, I will," I stammered, and I meant it, even though I didn't have a clue how.

My mother must have overheard. She flashed Mongolin a dirty look, grabbed me by the arm, and pulled me to a quiet corner. "Seth Barham, you're a little boy," she said. "You don't have to take care of anyone."

My mom waited a year before suing the hotel. She told me she waited because it didn't seem right to act like money could replace my father. She said she finally sued because she felt she had to make the people who were responsible feel responsible.

The hotel was owned by some huge corporation. They had a team of lawyers and buckets of money. My mother had one lawyer and no money.

It took four years before the case made it to court. We flew down to L.A. for the trial. One day I was in my sixthgrade classroom at St. Pius diagramming sentences; the next I was on a jet plane with my mother and grandmother.

I thought it would be exciting, but that courtroom was not fun. On a table in front of the jury. was a model of a human head. The doctors used it to explain how my father died. I'm not stupid. I knew it wasn't my father's head. But that model looked so real it scared me. And the way the doctors picked sections out, turned them over, pointed to this vein and that artery -- I still have nightmares about it.

On the third day of testimony something went wrong and the judge declared a mistrial. The the corporation offered to settle. We flew back to San Francisco and took a taxi

home. My mother wanted to talk with my grandmother, so I was sent outside.

I remember feeling disappointed as I closed the front door. I was back in Redwood City, and it was like nothing had changed. Whenever I'd asked my mother questions about my father, she'd described him as a saint, a perfect husband and father. I don't blame her-what else could she do? But I didn't have a strong sense of who he was. I'd hoped to learn from the trial what he was really like, good and bad. But to the doctors and the lawyers, my father was nothing but bones and blood and tissue. I hadn't learned anything.

I stood on the front lawn that day wondering what to do, where to go. Guys from St. Pius lived in the neighborhood. I wasn't best friends with any of diem, but if I showed up at Briarfield Park I could usually hook up with somebody.

But that day I didn't much feel like seeing guys from the neighborhood. I didn't want to talk about where I'd been. I didn't want to think about that model on the table. -So I walked a half-mile to Henry Ford School. I didn't know anybody who went to Henry Ford.

Once I reached the playground I climbed onto a swing, pushed off, and started pumping. When I was soaring, I'd jump out into the sand as far as I could. The whole time I was pretending I was a fighter pilot, one of the Blue Angels, -parachuting from a smoking jet. It's a dumb thing for a sixthgrader to do, but that's what I did.

I'd been there about half an hour when I heard a man's voice boom across the playground. "Use your new glove, Jimmy. You need to break it in before the season starts."

"But the new one hurts my hand."

"I said to use the new one."

That was the first time I saw Jimmy.

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  • Posted October 31, 2008

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    Seth Barnam's father was a golfer, and it probably would have been Seth's game, too, but his dad died when Seth was only seven. Coming to terms with his father's death was difficult for Seth, but then he met Jimmy Winter. Jimmy has lots of baseball talent, and a father that demands perfection from him. The boys become fast friends, and both sign up for Little League, even though Seth feels inadequate compared to his new friend.

    Their time together is spent practicing baseball, with Jimmy's father usually there to coach them and urge them to improve. Jimmy's intensity and self-assurance on the playing field begins to rub off onto Seth, too. He improves as a student and as a baseball player, and he dreams of being as good as Jimmy.

    Then Jimmy's home life begins to unravel; his father is drinking too much and then his parents divorce. Seth is at a loss when Jimmy is caught drinking and suspended from the team. Jimmy just can't seem to get his life back on track, and his choices lead to an unexpected result.

    This is an exciting novel, loaded with baseball action. It will have an intense appeal to anyone interested in that sport, but the main focus is on the friendship that develops between Seth and Jimmy, and of coping with the consequences of foolish choices, and the grief of dealing with incomprehensible loss. It's easy to read with well-developed, likable characters, a gripping plot, and plenty of action. I highly recommend this book, especially for boys, but girls will also enjoy this story of a forever kind of friendship.

    Notes: An ALA Best Book for Young Adults An ALA Best Book for Reluctant Readers A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Book of the Year.

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  • Posted December 8, 2009

    Sports Greatness

    Heart of a Champion by Carl Deuker is about a 15 year old boy named Seth. Seth is a nice, caring, and honest kid. He enjoys playing baseball and hanging with his friend Jimmy. In this book Carl Deuker really captures the way decisions can affect your life and everybody else's lives around you.
    This book takes place in Redwood City, California. One day Seth decides to go to the nearby baseball fields and ends up meeting a id named Jimmy. They become best friends, and after that, the book takes off. Seth takes up baseball, and practices and puts all his time and effort into baseball. Seth, in his first season of playing, faces the disappointment of not making the Little League majors and is not on his friend Jimmy's team. The next year, Seth has the drive to make the majors, and he does, and then Jimmy moves away, so they are separated again. Then when high school roles around, Jimmy has moved back and Seth makes JV and Jimmy makes Varsity, and then Seth starts to slack and is moving farther and farther away from a varsity spot. Then all of a sudden, after a talk with his coach, he puts more and more effort into baseball and the next season he makes the varsity role. At this time Seth and Jimmy have met a kid named Todd and they have been drinking. Their high school team is going for a championship. Then an unthinkable thing happens and the team is faced with tough times and have to make some difficult decisions.
    I thought this book was great for kids who love to read sports stories. This book was great because it used a lot of great baseball jargon. I loved the theme that hard work can and will pay off in the long run, how if you're not the best, just work at it, and you will get your chance. The one thing I didn't like was the ending. It was a little confusing, and I thought it should of had a little more description. Overall, I liked this book and would recommend it to anyone who likes sports.

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  • Posted February 17, 2009

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    Good book about baseball and a freindship

    This book was really good. He learns how to play baseball. His freind teaches him to love the the game. He live breaths and thinks about baseball. Everyday he goes outside and throws a ball ageinst the wall to pracice feilding a baseball that is hit on the ground. His dad was an amzing golfer and he dead when he was still young.

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  • Posted December 4, 2008

    This book is really good and has a good meaning to it.

    I like how Carl Dueker made this have a good meaning to it. Overall it's pretty good. The ending is really sad but it had to be that way. Carl Dueker probably wrote this book to have a good meaning and if it means a sad ending well then it'll have a sad ending. This book ws really good and I recommend it to many people.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 26, 2007

    majorbookworm17

    This book was truly amazing, I cried in the end when Jimmy died but it took me less than 4 hours to finish this book, it was a great story, and it shows how someones life can be messed up if they get addicted to achocol, this is my favorite book, and I realized that you don't have to be a baseball fan to enjoy it!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 9, 2012

    Boring, non intersting book.

    I believe this book did not meet up to my expectations, the literal "styles" and such prove to be no matter or what I intend to read. This book I do not indeed recomend, as you shall fall asleep within the first chapter.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 12, 2011

    A Awesome read for all ages

    On the day Seth Barham met Jimmy Winter, his life changed. Seth had been an, confused pre-teen who had never come to terms with his father's death when he was seven. He meets Jimmy in a park as Jimmy's strict father is putting his son through intense baseball drills. As their friendship develops Jimmy's self-assurance on the playing field spills over into Seth's life, helping him to improve as a student and a baseball player. However, Jimmy's home life begins to come apart when his parents' divorce. Also, he is suspended from the team when he starts to drinking problem. Seth withstands peer pressure to drink, and, with his mother's support, begins to accept his father's death. However, his biggest battle comes when he must cope with Jimmy's death in a car accident!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 9, 2011

    worth reading for sure

    sad but a great story.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 25, 2011

    Best Book

    This sports fiction novel, by Carl Deuker, is a great story about growing up, peer pressure and friends. I have read a lot of sports novels but this one, by far, is the best.
    When Seth Barham was 7 his dad passed away. At that time, he really didn't have any friends, until he me Jimmy Winter. Jimmy is freakishly good at baseball, and he he also gets Seth into it. Seth Jimmy and Jimmy's dad play baseballl every weekend at a park. But then one day Jimmy's parents got in a divorce, and jimmy and his mother moved to a different city. Both Seth and Jimmy played little leauge, but they played on diferent teams. Seth had not heard anything from Jimmy, until one day when Jimmy called and said that he was coming back to his old house and they were going to play on the same baseball team. They are best friends, and Jimmy is still great, and is always hitting home runs. Jimmy is giving him self a career in baseball. Then on day Seth faces an unthinkable loss.
    This book was great. It is a great story about being a teen, and the things you may have to face in real life. I give this bok an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. I also highly recommend this book to people.

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  • Posted October 12, 2010

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    Highly recommended for those who love baseball!

    I am Nash Osborne from Hewitt-Trussville Hight School in Alabama. Heart of a Champion by Carl Deuker is about a young man that has grown up in a small town with just his mother. Seth is an average student at school that has never played a game of baseball in his life until he stumbles across Jimmy and his father one day at a baseball field not too far from Seth's home. Jimmy and his father take Seth under their wing and teach him the game of baseball in a matter of days. Seth and Jimmy have their careers planned out of how they will play together and be the "perfect double-play combo." That is until both young men experience some adversity and jimmy has to move. They both continue to work hard and exceed in baseball, pursuing their dream of one day playing major league baseball. Heart of a Champion expresses the qualities of teamwork, leadership, faith, hope, and the will to win not only in sports, but in life itself.
    This novel was a great read because it kept you interested and it was very unpredictable in what happened. To be honest, I'm not a huge fan of reading, but I loved this book because I can relate to baseball stories and learning the game very easily. Baseball brings many great life lessons to the table and can teach how to overcome the world's adversity. Heart of a Champion was a quick read yet hard to put down. I recommend this novel to young adults that are interested in sports and with a love and passion for baseball.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 1, 2010

    Great sports novel

    This story is about a kid named Seth Barnam who dreams about playing in the major leWhen Seth Barnam was a little boy his father died of a stroke in a hotel that he was staying in while on a business trip. A few years later while at the park in his hometown he meets a kid named Jimmy Winter. Jimmy gets him interested in baseball and they soon become best friends.ague of his favorite sport baseball.This was a great book .It would have been better if it had a little more detail, but other than that it was a worth the read and I would recommend it.This was an easy read for older children. Baseball fans and sport fanatics would also enjoy it.I loved this book. Baseball is sport for all ages' boys and girls.

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  • Posted March 17, 2009

    Looking for a great book for any reason? Here it is!!

    Heart of a Champion is one of the greatest books I have ever read. Carl Deuker really did it with this one. I would compare this book to Lays potato chips. They say, "Betcha can't eat just one." Well that's how this book is. I bet you can't read just one chapter at a time. This book leaves you on the edge of your seat throughout the whole book. Yes it is about sports, for most sports fans i would recommend, but it has many life lessons in it. Seth's dad passes away when he is at a young age. For quite a while Seth was quiet in school and didn't have many friends. He didn't play any sports either. That is until he met Jimmy. meeting Jimmy totally changed Seth's life around. Jimmy was a total baseball freak. Even telling Seth it's like a fever once you catch it, you ain't getting rid of it. Well catch it is exactly what Seth did. Jimmy and Seth became the best of friends. Even though Seth wasn't quite as good as Jimmy, he had one thing over a lot of people. The work ethics that Jimmy put onto him. Not only did he see improvement on the field, but also in the classroom since his concentration was better. Jimmy and Seth play together in high school also, under former MLB player Sharront. With a team made of many good players can they win the state title? Well what happens when some of their players begin to drink, can they still do it?
    Read this amazing book to find out yourself. I loved it, and I guarantee you will too. =)

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 21, 2008

    Great Book!

    This book was a very entertaining and inspirational book. It truly shows how family problems can affect a child, because of Deuker's personal childhood experiences he lost his father at the age of three. I read this book this year (8th grade), and would strongly recommend it.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 19, 2008

    One of the best books of the year.

    This book was amazingly good. I play baseball and this book related to me a lot. I hope all sports fans have the chance to read this book.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 22, 2008

    One of the best baseball books ever

    Heart of a Champion is a very good baseball book. Seth Barham is a great example that if you work hard at something, you can be good at it. If you like baseball, I would definelty recommend this book to you. Overall it is a top notch book.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 20, 2008

    Great Baseball Story!

    This book was full of non-stop baseball excitement. The characters had a heart for the game and made the story suspenseful. Even if you're not a baseball fan you will still enjoy the plot of this book.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 22, 2007

    Awesome

    This book starts off a bit slow, but as the story progresses, you are slowly drawn into Seth's world. I recommend this for all those baseball fans out there. This book will leave you laughing and crying. A great book all around.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 4, 2007

    Amazing

    this book waas amazing!!!I couldn't stop reading it! The plot and everything about it was exellent! I would recomend this book to anyone.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 18, 2007

    from a parent's point of view

    My 5th grade son just finished this book last night. I tried to get in on the reading time as much as possible man am I glad I did. What an amazing book! The story is so true and close to home for far too many kids I'm sure. All parents will want their child to read this! My son absolutely LOVED this book. It's a wonderful story about friendship, family and what can go wrong if alcohol is involved. A great lesson for all, esepcially young men. A must for all pre-teens!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 13, 2007

    This Book Was WONDERFUL!

    The greatest book i think anyone could read!!!

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