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p.2. Response entry 8

The book that I am reading is Baseball Great by Tim Green. The book is about a kid named Josh who is very good at baseball. He is so good his dad has him make the u14 traveling baseball team( Josh is only 12 years old).the book starts to get interesting when josh gets hooked up in gym candy (steroids). Josh's best friend Benji and Jaden help him solve the mystery.

One significant moment is” shouldn't we cut him in on the gym candy?”. I believe that this a significant moment because it makes the climax. It also is significant moment because it makes Josh join the team that he should, U12. One more significant moment is “... but Josh doesn't need to make the team hes not playing.” This is significant because
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