John Ritter

John Ritter has written many books and numerous short stories for young adult readers. His first novel, Choosing Up Sides , won the 1999 International Reading Association Children's Book Award for Older Readers and was designated an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults. Kirkus Reviews praised Choosing Up Sides-- which attacked the once-prevalent views of religious fundamentalists toward left-handed children--as "No ordinary baseball book, this is a rare first novel." In 2004...See more

John Ritter has written many books and numerous short stories for young adult readers. His first novel, Choosing Up Sides , won the 1999 International Reading Association Children's Book Award for Older Readers and was designated an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults. Kirkus Reviews praised Choosing Up Sides-- which attacked the once-prevalent views of religious fundamentalists toward left-handed children--as "No ordinary baseball book, this is a rare first novel." In 2004, Ritter received the Paterson Prize for Books for Young People for his third novel, The Boy Who Saved Baseball . See less