4 Most Boys #37

Walter Johnson's fastball earned comparisons to a speeding train, but his path to baseball greatness began with rejection and doubt. After struggling in early tryouts, Johnson finally got his chance with the Washington Senators in 1907 and became an immediate sensation—though he spent years wondering if his arm would hold up, believing fast-ball pitchers had only six or seven seasons in them. This biography follows Johnson's two-decade career with the same club, his rise from a team perpetually mired in the standings to a Hall of Famer, and his journey to finally win a World Series championship.

Kit Carter and Dan Merry volunteer to help a friend save her uncle's corn crop, but their good deed gets tangled up when two high-rolling gamblers use the farm work as the centerpiece of a massive betting scheme—then decide to skip town with everyone's money. With crime threatening to ruin not just the harvest but the whole town's fortunes, Kit and Dan have to stop the crooks before they escape, armed only with their wits and whatever tools they can find in the cornfield.