41. Guide To Juvenile Baseball Books: C Cochrane, Mick. The Girl Who Threw Butterflies. New York Knopf, 2009. Eighthgrader uses the knuckleball taught her by her late father to make the boys' baseball team. http://www.uta.edu/english/tim/baseball/juv/cjuv.html

Guide to Juvenile Baseball Books: C Back to Juvenile Books index page Carlson, Ron. The Speed of Light. New York: HarperCollins, 2003. Friends spend the summer between sixth and seventh grade learning about the nature of the universe and playing youth-league baseball. Fiction that works more as a set of linked stories than a single narrative. See Carlson's short stories Carol, Bill J. Circus Catch. Austin: Steck-Vaughn, 1963. A youth-league ballplayer deals with needing glasses, making friends, and playing center field. Fast-moving formula fiction. "Bill J. Carol" is a pseudonym for novelist Bill Knott. Carrier, Roch. Le Plus Long Circuit. Illustrated by Sheldon Cohen. Montréal: Livres Toundra, 1993. Magical girl from a traveling show clouts the title home run. Translated into English by Sheila Fischman as The Longest Home Run (Plattsburgh, NY: Tundra Books, 1993). Carter, Alden R. Bull Catcher. New York: Scholastic, 1997. The journal of a high-school ballplayer's career and his deep but strained friendship with his teammates. Well-written Young Adult fiction with exciting game action and intelligent use of themes of divorce, abuse, and balancing school against athletics.

42. Sla Book Review: The Girl Who Threw Butterflies And for my money, The Girl Who Threw Butterflies is very good indeed. Cochrane, Mick. The Girl Who Threw Butterflies. New York Knopf, 2009. Copyright 2009 by Tim Morris. http://www.uta.edu/english/sla/br090303.html

the girl who threw butterflies Reviewed by Tim Morris, University of Texas at Arlington MARCH 3, 2009 archive Juvenile baseball fictions of the 21st century come rooted in formulas that were pioneered in the 19th century. Our protagonist, an outsider, wants to break into an established team and play ball. The protagonist is talented but lacks confidence on and off the field. Expected enemies are met; unexpected friends materialize. A coach gives wise and temperate guidance. After some setbacks, the team heads into a Big Game. Despite their initial differences, the newly-forged teammates come together to earn a victory. Our protagonist is the game's hero, and victory is usually due more to acquired maturity and baseball smarts than to any prodigies of pitching or slugging. The Girl Who Threw Butterflies by Mick Cochrane (author of the notable adult baseball novel Sport ) follows that formula exactly, but makes it refreshing and alive for the year 2009. Molly Williams is the protagonist, a middle-school softball player of some note. Her father has died in the fall of her eighth-grade year. Her mother has become detached. Molly resolves to try out for the school baseball team. Her hopes ride on the knuckleball her late father taught her. Elements of the formula shift into place under Cochrane's direction. A smug shortstop resents Molly's intrusion into his male domain. Coach Morales, on the other hand, treats "Williams" like any other player. Since a knuckleball pitcher needs a "personal catcher" unafraid to handle the floater, Molly enlists the help of Lonnie, a dreamy draughtsman whose one baseball skill is his tolerance for bruises.

43. Title Author Flawed dogs sound recording the untold account of the shocking attack on Breathed, Berke Youth audiobook The girl who threw butterflies sound recording / Cochrane, Mick Youth http://www.wcpl.lib.in.us/pdf/New_Titles/Last_month/Youth.pdf

44. BLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL - RISING SEVENTH GRADE SUMMER READING PROGRAM 2010 Cochrane, Mick THE GIRL WHO THREW BUTTERFLIES Molly wants to join the boys' baseball team. Her late father taught her how to throw a knuckleball, and she hopes it's enough to http://medfield.net/blake/lmc/summer/rising7books.pdf

45. NCFlyShop: Bio - Mick Cochrane A resource for the Western Pennsylvania and Eastern United States fly fisherman! Patterns, images, tips, tricks, local fishing information, and more. http://www.ncflyshop.com/bio-mickcochrane.stm

document.write('Included JS file not found') document.write('Included JS file not found') document.write('Included JS file not found') document.write('Included JS file not found') PERSONAL BIO: Mick Cochrane Mick has been fishing since he was old enough to hold a rod. Spending his younger years "bait fishing" with his grandfather, Mick wet his first fly line when he was seven years old. At the age of 15 Mick learned to fish wet flies, his first trout on a wet fly followed shortly thereafter, and he has been hooked ever since. He has spent the past 35 years fly fishing for trout in Wyoming, Montana, Canada, and all over the eastern half of the United States. The majority of his time has been spent fishing the central part of Pennsylvania including: Fishing Creek, Spring Creek, Penns Creek, and the Little Juniata. Growing up in Bedford, Mick's home water is Yellow Creek in Bedford County. Mick has over 20 years of experience fishing the Lake Erie Tributaries for steelhead. These fishing experiences span Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. Mick specializes in nymph fishing. Day in and day out he finds it to be the most productive method, but when conditions are right he enjoys casting dries or swinging wets to rising fish.

46. Girl Who Threw Butterflies - Perma-Bound Books Cochrane, Mick Annotation Eighthgrader Molly's ability to throw a knuckleball earns her a spot on http://www.perma-bound.com/ViewDetail/33219-girl-who-threw-butterflies

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