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Novel · Ages 8–12 · 2018
Game Keepers
4.8 · 9 reviewsThe Waterfalls players have stopped having fun. Then George Starr kicks the ground and finds a world under the field.
- 8–12Reading age
- 1 / 2Book in the Down Home books
- 5 × 8Paperback · inches
- 2018First published
The story
About the book
Game Keepers is a baseball fantasy novel by Steve Dressing for readers 8 to 12, and the first of the two Down Home books.
A playoff game ends with parents and coaches arguing, and the kids of the Waterfalls youth league stop having fun. Then George Starr kicks the ground, and the team finds Down Home, a world under the field where magical creatures help them play better and enjoy the game again. When some of the players break Down Home's rules and an intruder threatens it, the kids have to save it without getting banished for good.
The book is about sportsmanship, kindness, and being willing to listen, learn and improve.
Why Steve wrote it
“A lot of parents make sports about themselves; they want their kids to win, end up in the Major Leagues, and totally distort the point of the game. The Little League was created for kids to have fun and explore their talents. In the end, a kid’s path is totally up to them. Kids will be good at the things they are passionate about. You can’t hide talent. Game Keepers is to encourage kids to develop their passions and chase them.”
Steve Dressing
Steve played baseball through college and later coached Little League.
FIC DRE
Number 6 · 2018
Book details
- Title
- Game Keepers
- Author
- Steve Dressing
- Series
- Down Home, book 1
- Ages
- 8–12
- Kind
- Novel
- Format
- Paperback, 5 × 8 in
- ISBN
- 9781732111622
- Published
- 2018, Number 6
- Subjects
- Baseball · Fantasy · Sportsmanship · Kindness
Questions parents ask
What age is it for?
Game Keepers is written for readers 8–12. It's a Novel.
Is there a sequel?
Yes. Down Home picks up the story in the world under the Waterfalls field. Read Game Keepers first.
What format is it?
Paperback, 5 × 8 in.
What if something's wrong with my order?
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The Down Home books
Read them in order
Game Keepers comes first. Down Home picks up the story under the Waterfalls field. Both are for ages 8 to 12.
More by Steve Dressing
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Down Home
Back to the world under the field. This time Down Home is in real danger.
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Colleen Freeman is training to visit planets that might hold life. Then something enormous starts heading for Earth.
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