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Authors ohio educational library media association. House jackson one of the main characters twelveyearold house jackson, the aurora county allstars captain and star pitcher, has slogged through the preceding year with an outofcommission elbow. After being injured with a broken elbow, house jackson is ready to play this year. Author interview deborah wiles, author of the aurora. The book gets off to a bit of a slow start but then the mystery begins to build and it suddenly became a page turner. House jackson, age twelve, star pitcher and team captain of the aurora county allstars, has a secret. I want kids to know that every book tells a story, every story comes from a real live human being, and that they have those stories to tell, too, she says.
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Twelveyearold house jacksonstar pitcher and team ca. Houghton mifflin harcourt books for young readers pages. Download or stream aurora county all stars by deborah wiles. For the past year, while sidelined with a broken elbow, he has spent every afternoon at the bedside of a mysterious old man the other kids call meanman boydand he doesnt want anyone to know. Now house is finally ready to play ball again, but his teams. Buy a cheap copy of the aurora county allstars book by deborah wiles.
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