Baseball Fever
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| Author | Johanna Hurwitz |
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| Illustrator | Ray Cruz |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel Realistic fiction |
| Publisher | William Morrow and Company |
Publication date | 1981 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback and paperback) |
| Pages | 128 |
| ISBN | 0-688-00710-4 |
Baseball Fever[note 1] is an American children’s novel written by Johanna Hurwitz and published in 1981 by William Morrow and Company.
It features Ezra Feldman as the protagonist, depicted as having an obsession with baseball. The book is primarily centered on Ezra and his struggle to get his scholarly father interested in baseball, his father loathing it and instead preferring chess and sociology.[1][2]
The book is set primarily in Flushing, New York, although the story includes Princeton, New Jersey, and other locations.
Development
Johanna Hurwitz conceived the book after realizing that her children were "obsessed" with baseball;[note 2] the plot developed into a situation between a father and a son.
References
Notes
- ^ The title refers to the protagonist (Ezra Feldman) and his obsession of baseball; however, it may also refer to his educative father and his depicted sourness of Ezra and his addiction to baseball.
- ^ It is stated on the eighth page of the novel that the book was developed from baseball enthusiasts Ben and Nomi Hurwitz.
Footnotes
- ^ "Baseball Fever by Johanna Hurwitz". HarperCollins. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
- ^ Hurwitz, Johanna (1981). Baseball Fever. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 9780380732555.
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