Products & advertising1/5
film
The Rookie
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Jim Morris never made it out of the minor leagues before a shoulder injury ended his pitching career twelve years ago. Now a married-with-children high-school chemistry teacher and baseball coach in Texas, Jim's team makes a deal with him: if they win the district championship, Jim will try out with a major-league organization. The bet proves incentive enough for the team, and they go from worst to first, making it to state for the first time in the history of the school. Jim, forced to live up to his end of the deal, is nearly laughed off the try-out field--until he gets onto the mound, where he confounds the scouts (and himself) by clocking successive 98 mph fastballs, good enough for a minor-league contract with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Jim's still got a lot of pitches to throw before he makes it to The Show, but with his big-league dreams revived, there's no telling where he could g
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Age guidanceNot listed
Strongest cautionsAlcohol or drugs 1/5 · Products & advertising 1/5 · Romance 1/5
Strongest positivesCourage & resilience 4/5 · Good role models 4/5
Recommendation3.8/5
Courage & resilience; strongest caution: alcohol or drugs.
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What parents should know
Courage & resilience; strongest caution: alcohol or drugs.
Readiness snapshotMain watch-out: Alcohol or drugs 1/5
Recommendation 3.8/5Quick view
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Recommended ageNot listed
Strongest cautions
- Alcohol or drugs1/5
- Products & advertising1/5
- Romance1/5
Strongest positives
- Courage & resilience4/5
- Good role models4/5
- Positive messages4/5
What’s in it?
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No concern recorded in these categories
These categories were explicitly scored 0/5 in the published review. This is not a guarantee that every edition or reader experience is identical.
Frightening scenes · 0/5Violence · 0/5
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- What did courage look like in this story? Was being brave always the same as being fearless?
- How were alcohol or drugs portrayed, and what consequences did the story show?
- Which choice in The Rookie would you have made differently, and why?
- Who changed the most in The Rookie, and what caused that change?
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