![]() ![]() By the end he is very happy and has never believed in himself more. His attitude varies a lot during the this book because in the beginning he is down and doesn't believe in himself. Stan is a 13 year old boy who plays for his town's traveling baseball team. This book was told through the first person point of view. Stan went on to play very well and obtain a starting role on his baseball team. Stan Martin then thinks he shouldn't play because the coach won't allow it! But one day when he comes home there is a package with his shirt and a letter saying "don't quit! You have ability! Stick to it!". Stan showed up late and no one was there because he completely forgot about practice because he was out on the boat with his older brother. The coach said that you can't show up late to the first practice if you wanted a shirt. His legacy is now being carried on by his sons, Duane and Dale Christopher.Ĭhallenge at second base is a great book about a kid, who doesn't know if he is good enough to be the second baseman on his baseball team. Matt Christopher died on September 27, 1997. I would never trade it for another profession." That is just about the ultimate in writing for children. I'm far beyond playing age now, but I manage to go to both kids' and adult games just to keep up with them, and keep them fresh in my mind.Very few things make me happier than receiving fan letters from boys and girls who write that they had never cared for reading until they started to read my books. Sports have made it possible for me to meet many people with all sorts of life stories, on and off the field, and these are grist for this writer's mill. Being the eldest of nine children (seven boys and two girls), I've lived through a lot of problems many children live through, and I find these problems excellent examples to include in my books. I've written many short stories and books for both children and adults, and find that writing for children is really my niche. The only difference between a real-life boy and Sylvester Coddmyer III is the appearance of a character named George Baruth, whom only Sylvester can see and who helps Sylvester become a good ballplayer. There are a lot of boys who would love to play baseball but, for some reason, cannot. It's a fantasy, but the main character in it could be real. ![]() Out of all the books I've written, my favorite is The Kid Who Only Hit Homers. My love of the game helped a lot, too, of course. All these had a great influence on my writing. I had my own personal experiences, and I saw how other players reacted to plays, to teammates' and fans' remarks and innuendoes, to managers' orders, etc. I'm sure that playing sandlot baseball and then semiprofessional baseball with a Class C club in the Canadian-American League influenced my writing. I submitted it to Little, Brown, and the book was published in 1954. So I came up with my first children's book, The Lucky Baseball Bat. She was immediately interested and told me that they needed sports stories badly. I spoke about my idea to the branch librarian. I was living in Syracuse, New York at the time, working at General Electric. I also read detective, horror, aviation, and sports stories and decided I would try writing them myself.ĭetermined to sell, I wrote a detective story a week for 40 weeks, finding the time to marry, work, and play baseball and basketball before I sold my first story in 1941, "The Missing Finger Points," for $50 to Detective Story magazine.Īfter writing and selling children's sports stories to magazines, I decided to write a baseball book for children. I was selling magazines such as the Saturday Evening Post, Country Gentleman, and Liberty, and I would read the stories, particularly the adventure and mystery stories, and think how wonderful it would be to be able to write stories and make a living at it. ![]() "I became interested in writing when I was 14, a freshman in high school. In 1992, Matt Christopher talked about being a children's book author. Matt Christopher is America's bestselling sports writer for children, with more than 100 books and sales approaching six million copies. He is the best-selling author of more than one hundred sports books for young readers. Matt Christopher is the writer young readers turn to when they're looking for fast-paced, action-packed sports novels. ![]()
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