When fourteen-year-old baseball player Hutch feels threatened by the arrival of a new teammate named Darryl, he tries to work through his insecurities about both Darryl and his remote and silent father, who was once a great ballplayer too. Iowa Teen Award 2012 - 2013. Second Chance Reading. Interest Level: 5-8 Reading Level: 5.4 ATOS Book Level: 5.3 AR Interest Level: MG AR Points: 8 AR Quiz: 120560EN Reading Counts Level: 7.6 Reading Counts Points: 15 Lexile Measure: 970 Fountas & Pinnell: U. Teaching Books: https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=15137.