It’s the game everyone has been waiting for and the Fernwood Valley Fuzzies – featuring such all-starplayers as Jackie Rabbitson, Sandy Kofox, and Hammy Sosa – are ready. In each book they’ll cross paths with another incredible team, and have to pull together if they want to win. Join us for a front row seat at Fuzzy Field!

CREATOR

John Steven Gurney

John Steven Gurney has illustrated over 120 books for children. He is the illustrator of some of America’s most popular chapter books series. Among these are Random House’s The A to Z Mysteries and Scholastic’s The Bailey School Kids, and Big Apple Barn. His latest series is The Calendar Mysteries, an offshoot of The A to Z Mysteries, featuring the younger siblings of Josh and Ruth Rose.

BUZZ

Booklist
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"Baseball-loving kids will get a kick out of the action on the field, while burgeoning graphic-novel readers will appreciate the snappy visual storytelling."
School Library Journal
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"The overall effect is a very clear picture of the game; kids will enjoy the rising action and cheer the underdogs to victory without getting lost in any complicated details. VERDICT: For larger collections in need of a title that will appeal to sports and non sports fans alike."
Publishers Weekly
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"Gurney (the A to Z Mysteries series), in his first graphic novel,offers an entertaining play-by-play account of a baseball game between two rival teams, the Fernwood Valley Fuzzies ("These are the good guys!" he notes) and the Rocky Ridge Red Claws."
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