The Golden Glove

Fred Bowen

ਸਤੰ 2013 · All-Star Sports Stories ਕਿਤਾਬ 6 · Open Road Media

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DIVDIVJamie has the perfect glove. No matter the play, he can make the catch. He’s oiled the glove all winter and, as the season approaches, he—and his glove—are in top form./divDIV
But when the golden glove mysteriously disappears, so do Jamie’s confidence and his baseball skills./divDIV
Will Jamie find his glove in time for the big game? Was the golden glove really the secret of his success?/divDIV/div/div

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DIVDIVFred Bowen was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts, a seaside town north of Boston. Most of his family still lives there—he has four big brothers and two sisters./divDIV
His dad loved sports. One of Bowen’s earliest memories is watching the 1957 World Series on TV with his dad and his brothers. Bowen’s dad was his Little League coach and his brothers were his teammates in backyard football and “driveway basketball.”/divDIV
When Bowen turned eighteen, he left behind his sports-happy childhood and headed to the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Bowen has always loved US and world history and he made history his major in college. Bowen also loves sports history because of all the great dramas and big personalities, which is why he weaves real sports history into all of his stories./divDIV
After he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, he went to George Washington Law School in Washington, DC./divDIV
Shortly after he graduated, he met Peggy Jackson, a journalist. They got married two years later and now have two grown children. Their son is a college baseball coach and their daughter works for a nonprofit in Chicago. When they were in elementary school, Bowen coached their baseball, basketball, and soccer teams—more than thirty teams in all./divDIV
Bowen was a lawyer for many years and retired from practicing law so that he could write for kids full time. He gets to spend a lot more time writing and he gets more time to visit schools and talk with kids about his books. He also speaks at a lot more conferences and meets more cool teachers and librarians./div/div