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Fang, a bat, is having a tough time getting to sleep. His brother Fink decides he needs a story - a scary story. Now Fan really can't get to sleep. Next, brother Batrick thinks he has the answer - an adventurous pirate story! Fang is so excited that he is even more wide awak. Then sister Batsy offers a dramatic romance story about Cleobatra. That's even worse! How will Fang finally get to sleep? There's one story yet to hear . . . will it be the one that works? ... Read more

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Batty Fun for Your Little One!
Bed, Bats and Beyond is a fun bedtime story for young children.The story tells of a young bat who can not fall asleep, so each of her family members tells him stories to try and help him sleep.Which story type do you think helped?The scary story, the exciting story, romantic or bedtime story?You'll need to read all four short stories in this one fun, halloween type story!

I think every child loves Halloween and what's better then a story about bats at this time of the year?I think all young children will get a laugh or two from this cute tale of how to help Fink fall asleep.

By Kerri J. Busteed
Author of Will's First Hunt Will's First Hunt ... Read more

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The basic elements of baseball remain essentially the same as they were when the first professional game was played in the 1870s. Changes in this sport—when they come—come slowly. In 1973, one of baseball’s most drastic changes was legislated: American League owners voted to add one player to the traditional nine-man line-up, creating a "10-man game" in which a designated hitter (or DH) had a regular spot in the batting order, and he or a replacement for him batted for his club’s pitcher(s) throughout the game. This change to baseball rules was approved in the hopes that DH’s would provide a spark for the AL’s sagging offenses; an explosion in hits, homers and runs would draw more people to their ballparks and enable their clubs to surpass the National League in the annual attendance race.

This work offers a fascinating exploration of the history and place of the designated hitter in the major leagues. ... Read more

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Designated Hitter Rule 6.10 and baseball preference
If you are a National League fan, you prefer a pitcher batting "helping his own cause." If you are an American League fan, you enjoy having a designated hitter batting anywhere in the lineup for the pitcher without removing that pitcher and subsequent pitchers from the game. However, the DH is not mandatory as stated in the third paragraph in part (b) of Rule 6.10. I am a baseball fan so having a Designated Hitter doesnt matter to me or not. I feel the same intensity when the Yankees and Red Sox play together as I do when the Mets and Braves play without a DH. I am not for or against the DH because it has helped bring more fans into the game with increased offense while keeping pitchers in longer without pinch-hitting. However, it has increased team ERAs and pitchers' ERAs. NL fans say that the DH decreases strategy such as whether pinch-hitting for pitchers late in a game or not and double switches along with moving a pitcher to a defensive position for one batter and back to the mound, etc. There are strategies with the DH that are unique to the AL such as putting a leadoff man in the top of the lineup and at the end of the lineup, but this can be done in NL too by putting the Pitcher in the 8th spot or higher and having two leadoff hitters back-to-back. (Remember Tony La Russa doing this in 1998 to help Mark McGwire hit with men on base instead of getting an IBB with 1st base open). I could go on and on all day about the controversy of the Designated Hitter. In conclusion, I say that let the best hitters face the best pitchers when the game is on the line. Let the players decide the game on the field. If a pitcher can hit for himself without compromising the offense andother defensive players in the lineup can sacrifice bunt, hit behind the runner, and the other eight defensive guys can be used interchangably, then why do you need a DH? On the other hand, ifa pitcher isnt too good at the plate and there is a player who is bad in the field, why not use a DH.

Two things I would like seen done are having a DH bat in all All-Star games and have the NL institute the DH as a part of its system but go by the 3rd paragraph in part (b) in Rule 6.10 to avoid using the DH unless there are interleague games, etc. ... Read more

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Stacy Friedman is getting ready for one of the biggest events of her young life--her bat mitzvah! All she wants is the perfect BCBG dress to wear, her friends by her side, and her biggest crush ever, Andy Goldfarb, to dance with her (and maybe give Stacy her first French kiss .). But of course, things never work out quite the way you'd like them to.. Her stressed-out mother forces her to buy a hideous beaded sequined dress that she wouldn't be caught dead in. Her mitzvahs are not going at all well. And then the worst thing in the entire world happens--Stacy catches her best friend, Lydia, making out with Andy! And thus she utters the words that will wreak complete havoc on her social life ...You are so not invited to my bat mitzvah! ... Read more

Customer Reviews (10)

So many laugh-out-loud moments.
This book had me laughing out loud multiple times, which is uncommon for any kind of book and certainly uncommon for YA. The made-up hip-hop slang alone was hilarious, and the way it built from chapter to chapter was ingenious. My only criticism is that there was a bit too much sex-and-the-city style brandname-dropping. Not my thing. But still a very funny book, and not just fluff.

Shallow and Trite
I would have given this less then one star if that were possible. I hate it when I expect something from a book and don't get it. I was hoping for a funny, lively book about a girl who had a crush preparing for her Bat Mitzvah. What I got was way worse.

I stumbled my way through about four or five agonizing chapters, constantly wishing I could be doing laundry, dishes or changing my baby's poopy diaper. Anything but read this awful book! The protagonist is shallow and trite (all she cares about is getting her crush-an idiot who think it's cool to speak like a gangsta- to make out with her at her Bat Mitzvah, wearing a pretty dress they can't afford anyway, ignoring her brother, treating her mom badly, etc) there is no plot (yet, and I'm partway through the book), the Jewish faith portrayed in this book feels like a mockery, the main character's mother is portrayed as an evil, self-serving witch, the main character makes fun of her nerdy, plump but smart brother..

I couldn't stand reading it anymore! This one was painful to read. I don't think I can finish it. One of the worst books I have read in a long time.

Post Bat Mitzvah Reader
I was given this book just 5 days before my bat mitzvah and instead of studying i read it constintly i couldn't put it down!!!!!!!!!!!!!



IT WAS THE BEST BOOK I EVER READ

Three Mitzvahs
A book review by Aria Wexler
You Are so Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah is an outstanding novel written by Fiona Rosenbloom. The book is Rosenbloom's first and only book. Miss Rosenbloom writes the book in the perspective of a Jewish teenage girl's emotion as she becomes a young adult. Throughout the book Rosenbloom uses shorter sentences to get the point across. The protagonist of the book is Stacy Friedman. She is only asking God for a few things.
The, realistic fiction, book mainly focuses on a young girl growing up. It explains the emotions that Stacy has to go through with her parents divorce, a younger brother, her crush, and friendship. Just when Stacy thought that her mother and father would get back together she finds out her father has a girl friend, and she has to watch her mother suffer without a husband anymore. Stacy feels humiliated about her brother, Arthur, who is at least 20 pounds over weight and extremely intelligent. Stacy has a huge crush on Andy Goldfarb, but she just isn't sure if he likes her back. Most importantly Stacy ends up uttering the words that she has been dreading, and she ends up saying it to someone very close in her life. She screams at them "You are so not invited to my Bat Mitzvah!"
Since Stacy is planning and studying for her bat mitzvah, a Jewish ceremony of coming of age, she needs to meat with the Rabbi. After talking with Stacy he fills that it would help her to do 3 Mitzvah projects, (community service work) before her bat mitzvah. Stacy struggles with the mitzvahs (good deeds) she chooses to do. The day before her bat Mitzvah she feels like she has done three failed mitzvah projects. In the end do Stacy's Mitzvah's finally work out or has she completely failed?
I would give this book two Thumbs up! Through Stacy Friedman's thoughts, feelings, and personal experiences Fiona Rosenbloom has made the book inspiring throughout. The book was a real cliff hanger! I highly recommend this book for especially girls ages 11-15. You don't need to be Jewish to read and relate to this spectacular book
Number of pages: 190

You Are SO Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah
I just turned thirteen years old and my bat mitzvah is in four weeks. I started to get nervous and my mom noticed. She bought this book for me to read thinking it would help me. I read the whole book in two days. When i first opened the book i expected a novel about the preperation a twelve year old girl had to do until her bat mitzvah, but with a twist of humor. Instead, i got just the twist of humor and not as much of the religious concept. I was really hoping this book would ease my nerves about my upcoming bat mitzvah, but instead it just gave me a good laugh. I would recommmend this book to most people because you dont actually have to have knowledge of the jewish religion to read this. But if your looking for help with YOUR bat mitzvah, this is not the best book to turn to. ... Read more