William Dear

Eleven-year-old Vada Sultenfuss lives with her widowed father and is obsessed with death since her mother died shortly after giving birth to her; when Vada travels to Los Angeles to stay with her uncle, she learns more about her mother's past; three brothers with a love for animals travel around America documenting willdlife; when his younger brother Bobby is subjected to physical abuse at the hands of their stepfather, Mike turns their Radio Flyer...

After Cesar's major league career is cut short, he returns to his native Monterey, Mexico. Once back home, a group of impoverished baseball-loving kids recruit him to coach their ragtag team. Together, they beat the odds and overcome hardships and bigotry to compete in the 1957 Little League World Series.

The sandlot: In the early 1960s newcomer Scotty Smalls becomes part of a sandlot baseball team whose members share adventures, first kisses, and encounters with the dreaded beast and its owner who live behind the left field fence. The sandlot 2: Ten years after the original story a new team tries to retrieve an irreplaceable model rocket that lands in Mr. Mertle's backyard behind left field. The sandlot: heading home: An arrogant pro baseball player...