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How many kids did Matt Christopher have?
four children
Matt Christopher and his wife Cay were the parents of four children and the grandparents of ten grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Is Matt Christopher dead?
Deceased (1917–1997)
Matt Christopher/Living or Deceased
How old is Matt Christopher?
80 years (1917–1997)
Matt Christopher/Age at death
Matt Christopher, whose more than 120 sports novels for children and young adults entranced two generations of American youth and sold six million copies worldwide, died Saturday at the Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, N.C. He was 80 years old.
What age group are Matt Christopher books for?
With more than 100 books, Matt Christopher is America’s bestselling sports writer for children. Students will love his fast-paced, action-packed sports novels….Shop by Program:
Hook Shot Hero Christopher, Matt 9780316102964 Fiction Paperback | |
Reading Level | 750L |
Interest Level | 3-7 |
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Where does Matt Christopher live?
Determined to sell, I wrote a detective story a week for 40 weeks, finding the time to marry, work, and play baseball and basketball before I sold my first story in 1941, ‘The Missing Finger Points’, for $50 to Detective Story magazine.” —published by Fiction House.
What is the setting of the lucky baseball bat?
The story is told in the world of neighborhood baseball leagues in the 1950s, where young Marvin wants more than anything to play baseball and to fit it.
Where was Matt Christopher born?
Bath, PA
Matt Christopher/Place of birth
What genre is The Lucky Baseball Bat?
Fiction
The Lucky Baseball Bat/Genres
He began writing children’s books in the mid 1950’s with the publication of THE LUCKY BASEBALL BAT (Little, Brown and Company). Christopher became well-known for his sports fiction novels for children with over 130 titles bearing his name.