by Joyce Grant
Thank you to my amazing writing groups, Writers 6 and the very fierce #write-o-rama — thanks for having my back.
A special thank-you to the wonderful Kevin Sylvester, who loves the game of baseball almost as much as Sebastian. Thanks for our baseball chats and for your encouragement.
I’d also like to thank the many booksellers who got to know the Blues and helped spread the word, including Glad Day, A Different Booklist, Book City, and Wendy Mason at Chapters Indigo.
And last but certainly not least — my mom, Heather, who doesn’t work in a bookstore but sure sells a lot of my books! Thanks, Mom, for your support and for making the best coffee ever. xo
For more information about Sliding Home, Tagged Out and my other books, and for free teaching resources including a teacher’s guide, please visit www.JoyceGrantAuthor.com.
JOYCE GRANT is a freelance journalist and the author of numerous books for children, including the Sports Stories novel Tagged Out. She is also the co-founder of TeachingKidsNews.com, which provides free, kid-friendly news. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.
Copyright © 2018 by Joyce Grant
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.
James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers acknowledges funding support from the Ontario Arts Council (OAC), an agency of the Government of Ontario. We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $153 million to bring the arts to Canadians throughout the country. This project has been made possible in part by the Government of Canada and
We acknowledge the [financial] support of the Government of Canada.
Nous reconnaissons l’appui [financier] du gouvernement du Canada.
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Grant, Joyce, 1963-, author
Sliding home / Joyce Grant.
(Sports stories)
Issued in print and electronic formats.
ISBN 978-1-4594-1284-2 (softcover).--ISBN 978-1-4594-1285-9 (EPUB)
I. Title. II. Series: Sports stories (Toronto, Ont.)
PS8613.R3653S55 2018 jC813’.6 C2017-906493-2
C2017-906494-0
This digital edition first published in 2018 as 978-1-4594-1285-9
Originally published in 2018 as 978-1-4594-1284-2
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