"Bridging" story connections

Consider these Extensions or Context for reading
1. Max Apple--Nathan
2. Chekhov--Cory
3. Nolan Ryan --Drew
4. Big Train (Walter Johnson)--Justin
5. Girl Scouts/Brownies--Erica
6. bridging hand gesture--Ashleigh
7. Houston Astros 1983 uniforms--Sean
8. "separation anxiety" (psychology term)--Richard
9. curve ball--Hanna
10. fastball--Whitney
11. 1982 World Series--James
12. Rollie Fingers--
13. Robin Yount--Caitlin
14. Harvey Kuenn--
15. Andujar (need first name)--
16. Cub Scout uniforms (1960s)--Jade
17. Texas bluebonnet flower--Monica
18. Barbra Streisand (photo and or movie clip)--Emily
19. Robert Redford (photo and or movie clip)--Shelby
20. The Way We Were (movie precis)--
21. Astrodome (Houston arena)--Vaughn
22. Ralph Sampson (Houston basketball player)--Adam
23. Texas state parks 70 miles from Houston--
24. 58" oscillating fan--
25. deaths by falling off Empire State Building--
26. Texas wild grasses and other flowers: buttercups, poppies--

Our Books of Note

Favorite Books
Amityville Horror
My Sister’s Keeper
Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Stealing Horses
Martian Chronicles
The Notebook
Kite Runner
A Thousand Splendid Suns
The Giver
Five People You Meet in Heaven
The Longest Trip Home
Catcher in the Rye
Untouchable
Watership Down
Charlie’s Monument
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Band of Brothers
Dan Brown, author
Notes from the Universe