{"product_id":"strike-three-youre-dead-paperback","title":"Strike Three, You're Dead - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJosh Berk\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Edgar Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLenny Norbeck is a die-hard baseball lover. Unfortunately, he's no player himself (according to him, he's \"the worst there ever was.\") But he'd make a heck of an announcer. He gets a lot of practice sitting with his best friends, Mike and Other Mike, watching Phillies games from their lawn couch--a sweet outdoor TV arrangement Mike's dad hooked them up with. Being a real announcer is his dream, and he gets his chance to prove himself when he enters an \"Armchair Announcer\" contest and wins. The prize: he gets to be the broadcaster, live, for one inning at a real Phillies game. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe game goes very wrong, though. Before Lenny gets to do his inning, a young, promising pitcher fresh out of the minors literally drops dead on the mound. The official verdict is that he died of a heart attack, but Lenny has a hunch there's something more going on. So he and the Mikes set out to investigate. The suspects are many, and though the trio barks up the wrong tree a few times, they are always right on the heels of the real killer. . . .\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJOSH BERK is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGuy Langman: Crime Scene Procrastinator\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, with his wife and two children, and is a children's services librarian at the Allentown Public Library.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.5 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 11, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Strike Three, You're Dead\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Middle Grades, 4-8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4.1\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42690877358143,"sku":"9780307930064","price":9.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/aaf4047abd8e35cc2f2e13c444b43a34_a1bca988-c486-4099-9b58-40f817c9864f.webp?v=1764990401","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/strike-three-youre-dead-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}