Authors: Derek Jeter
Hit & Miss (16 page)
Reserves: Rocco Fanelli, Reggie Brown
Coach: Marty Kaufman
Jeter Publishing's second middle-grade book is inspired by the childhood of Derek Jeter, who grew up playing baseball. The middle-grade series is based on the principles of Jeter's Turn 2 Foundation.
Jeter Publishing will encompass adult nonfiction, children's picture books, middle-grade fiction, ready-to-read children's books, and children's nonfiction.
D
EREK
J
ETER
played Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees for twenty seasons and is a five-time World Series champion. He is a true legend in professional sports and a role model for young people on and off the field and through his work in the community with his Turn 2 Foundation. For more information, visit
Turn2Foundation.org
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Derek was born in New Jersey and moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan, when he was four. There he often attended Detroit Tigers games with his family, but the New York Yankees were always his favorite team, and he never stopped dreaming of playing for them.
P
AUL
M
ANTELL
is the author of more than one hundred books for young readers.
Learn more about Jeter Publishing at
JeterPublishing.com
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ALSO BY DEREK JETER
The Contract
Derek Jeter's Ultimate Baseball Guide 2015
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ISBN 978-1-4814-2315-1
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