Saving Armpit

Saving Armpit

Paperback (21 Mar 2011)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Rocky Mountain Book Award finalist, 2013

2012 Silver Birch Express Award nominee

When vandals deface the Harmony Point sign, the town does indeed seem to become the "arm pit" of the region. The baseball team hasn't won a game in two seasons and the town itself is falling into disrepair. But when the new postmaster becomes the ball coach, Clay and the rest of the Terriers finally seem to stand a chance of winning a game. Until they overhear a bureaucrat from the city say that the post office will close unless the "numbers" work out. The team begins "Operation Tennis Elbow" - a letter writing campaign designed to generate enough mail to keep the post office - and its postmaster - in town (and coaching their baseball team). And along the way, they learn the power of the pen in effecting positive changes in their community.

Book information

ISBN: 9781554551514
Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Imprint: Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Pub date:
DEWEY: FIC
Language: English
Number of pages: 136
Weight: 181g
Height: 189mm
Width: 129mm
Spine width: 9mm