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Tagged Out Best Read || [Joyce Grant] - Tagged Out, Tagged Out The inner city Toronto Blues baseball team is having a lousy year Shortstop Nash and the Blues can t seem to win They especially hate losing to their archrivals the rich kids of the Parkhill Pirates
  • Title: Tagged Out
  • Author: Joyce Grant
  • ISBN: 9781459410756
  • Page: 377
  • Format: Paperback

Tagged Out Best Read || [Joyce Grant], Tagged Out, Joyce Grant, Tagged Out The inner city Toronto Blues baseball team is having a lousy year Shortstop Nash and the Blues can t seem to win They especially hate losing to their archrivals the rich kids of the Parkhill Pirates When all star player Jock joins the team it looks like the Blues might be able to turn the season around The only problem When the Pirates find out that Jock is gay theThe inner city Toro Tagged Out Best Read || [Joyce Grant] - Tagged Out, Tagged Out The inner city Toronto Blues baseball team is having a lousy year Shortstop Nash and the Blues can t seem to win They especially hate losing to their archrivals the rich kids of the Parkhill Pirates
  • Tagged Out Best Read || [Joyce Grant]
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About Author

  1. Joyce Grant is a freelance journalist and editor.Her books SLIDING HOME, 2018 and TAGGED OUT, 2016, middle grade baseball novels GABBY picture book illus Jan Dolby 2013 GABBY WONDER GIRL, 2016 GABBY DRAMA QUEEN 2013Joyce also publishes the popular kid friendly news website, TeachingKidsNews.

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  1. Tagged Out tells the story of a school baseball team that gains an amazing new player, who happens to be gay Our main character, Gnash, hates him on sight and just so happens to be homophobic but not even internally so just flat out homophobic Which, okay, but I don t necessarily feel like I want to read a book where I m expected to sympathise at least in part with a homophobic character, and definitely not one where a character s sexuality is used as a plot device to teach said homophobic chara [...]

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  2. Tagged Out was an interesting read that will appeal to its desired audience The story captivated me and pulled me into the story of Nash, Jock, and the entire Toronto Blues team The characters were endearing and believable in their struggles to come to terms with their feelings about themselves and others For those readers interested in baseball, it would be a must read However, the themes and the characters delve much deeper and appeal to a wider audience Helping to teach compassion and accepta [...]

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  3. Copy received from the publisherNominated for the Cybils award by the publisherNash Gnash Calvecchio s inner city Toronto baseball team isn t doing very well The players just can t seem to get along well enough to use their skills to win When new kid, Jock, arrives from New Jersey, they have some hope that he will be able to help, but the fact that he is openly gay causes tension on the team and with other kids as well One of the most important games of the season is against the well to do Parkh [...]

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  4. This book was received from Netgalley for an honest review.Gnash is mistreated at home and a little bit at school If someone did something wrong and Gnash was nearby, teachers just assumed it was him He s an angry kid and a bit of a bully himself When Jock joins his baseball team, he finds a good target Not only is Jock gay and very good at the game both offensive to Gnash , he s also angry While Gnash is mad at everyone, Jock focuses his attitude on the homophobic It seems justifiable but he s [...]

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