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Rawlings / Catchers Mitt PlyrPrf Youth RH / RCM315C $51.24 Rawlings - Catchers Mitt PlyrPrf Youth RH - RCM315C

Rawlings / Catchers Mitt Player Prf Youth / RCM315R $50.63 Rawlings - Catchers Mitt Player Prf Youth - RCM315R

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Easton Surge Youth Catchers Set $229.99 Easton Surge Youth Catchers Set. The Easton Surge Youth Catcher Set features an ultra form fitting design to insure maximum protective coverage. The set includes everything you need to stay safe and protected behind the plate. Set Includes: Surge Youth Chest Protector (13") Surge Youth Leg Guards (12.75") Surge Small Catchers Helmet (6 1/8'' - 7'')

Easton Natural Youth Catchers Set $139.99 Easton Natural Youth Catchers Set. The Easton Natural Youth Catcher's Set takes the guess work out of ordering. This set comes with everything a young player needs to get behind the plate including a hockey style natural helmet, chest protector and leg guards.

Mizuno Samurai G3 Youth Catchers Helmet $64.99 Mizuno Samurai G3 Youth Catchers Helmet. Mizuno's Samurai G3 Youth Catcher's Helmet is a top of the line hockey style mask with thin steel bars to provide maximum protection while increasing visibility.

Easton Surge Custom Colors Youth Catchers Set $274.99 Easton Surge Custom Colors Youth Catchers Set. The Easton Surge Youth Catcher Set features an ultra form fitting design to insure maximum protective coverage. The set includes everything you need to stay safe and protected behind the plate. Set Includes: Surge Youth Chest Protector (13") Surge Youth Leg Guards (12.75") Surge Small Catchers Helmet (6 1/8'' - 7'')

Easton Natural Youth Catchers Set with Bag $154.99 Easton Natural Youth Catchers Set with Bag. The Easton Natural Youth Catcher's Set takes the guess work out of ordering. This set comes with everything a young player needs to get behind the plate including a hockey style natural helmet, chest protector, leg guards and a large equipment bag for storage.

ALL-STAR MVP2510 Youth Catchers Helmet $99.99 ALL-STAR MVP2510 Youth Catchers Helmet. * The new MVP2500 takes advantage of the new System Seven design. This mask features a redesigned shell, cage, and padding system. * Designed for catchers who demand the best in protection and comfort. * Shell molded out of an impact resistant ABS resin. * Removable and machine washable UltraCool mesh liner. * Available with I-Bar Steel cage only

Mizuno Samurai G4 Youth Catchers Set $199.99 Mizuno Samurai G4 Youth Catchers Set. High performance Mizuno catcher's gear utilizes high tech materials and innovations such as Low Rebound Technology that drastically reduces ball rebound for greater control behind the plate, patented 3 layer padding, and Drylite inner lining.

Easton Natural Junior Youth Catchers Set $139.99 Easton Natural Junior Youth Catchers Set. Easton's Natural Catcher's Set takes the guess work out of ordering. This set comes with everything a young player needs to get behind the plate including a hockey style natural helmet, chest protector and shin guards.

Rawlings CFLGPROY Youth Catchers Leg Guard $54.99 Rawlings CFLGPROY Youth Catchers Leg Guard. The revolutionary lightweight design of the CFLGPROJ leg guard provides maximum protection below the knee. The vented shin plate extends under the knee for more complete protection while allowing air to circulate. The interior is lined with memory foam for added support and cushion. Additionally, the Pro Dri Plus knee and shin pad is removable and washable.

Rawlings Titan Series CFPPRO2 Youth Catchers Helmet $84.99 Rawlings Titan Series CFPPRO2 Youth Catchers Helmet. This Coolflo Adult Professional Hockey Style Catcher's Helmet features a new improved shell design for improved fit, function, and maximum visibility behind the plate. It features a compression molded dual-density foam liner, leather chin pad, and high gloss scratch resistant shell. Meets NOCSAE standards. Silver Grey cages on all colors. * Compression molded dual-density foam liner * High gloss scratch resistant, Improved fit, function, and maximum visibility, Exclusive Coolflo venting technology * Adjustable: fits 7 1/8 - 7 3/4 * Meets NOCSAE standards

31 Right Hand Throw "Rookie Series" Youth Catchers Mitt $66.91 31 Right Hand Throw "Rookie Series" Youth Catchers Mitt 31 pattern; Praying Mantis pattern. Youth level grain leather catchers glove. The Rookie Series was created for younger players who are serious about baseball and want to play like their favorite stars. Akadema uses full grain soft leather in the construction for easy break-in and comfort

ALL-STAR MVP2510WTT Two Tone Youth Catchers Helmet $119.99 ALL-STAR MVP2510WTT Two Tone Youth Catchers Helmet. * The new MVP2500 takes advantage of the new System Seven design. This mask features a redesigned shell, cage, and padding system. * Designed for catchers who demand the best in protection and comfort. * Shell molded out of an impact resistant ABS resin. * Removable and machine washable UltraCool mesh liner. * Available with I-Bar Steel cage only

ALL-STAR MVP2310SP MVP Youth Players Series Catchers Helmet $49.99 ALL-STAR MVP2310SP MVP Youth Players Series Catchers Helmet. ALL-STAR's Player's Series Catcher Helmets features: Injection molded ABS shell Dual Density foam liner Patented I-Bar Vision Contoured chin pad.

Easton Natural Series Catchers Small Helmet - Youth Catcher's Gear $74.99 Heres Eastons newest hockey style catchers helmet with a tough ABS shell and durable steel cage. Adult Small fits / - . Colors Black, dark Green, Navy, Royal, Scarlet, Silver.Youth Catcher's Gear - Youth Catcher's Gear

Under Armour Matte Finish Pro Head Gear Youth Catchers Helmet $154.99 Under Armour Matte Finish Pro Head Gear Youth Catchers Helmet. Under Armour's Matte Finish Pro Youth Catchers Helmet features high impact resistant ABS plastic shells designed to deflect and absorb impacts. The I-Bar Vision steel cage increases player's sight lines by using flattened bars which also increases the strength of the cage. UA's helmet contains a soft, breathable, moisture wicking and machine washable liner system. All of the padding can be removed to allow for cleaning. The Padding is treated with AEGIS Microbe Shield which kills unwanted bacteria and odors.

ALL-STAR MVP2510M Matte Finish Youth Catchers Helmet $139.99 ALL-STAR MVP2510M Matte Finish Youth Catchers Helmet. All-Star System Seven MVP 2500 masks feature an I-BAR VISION steel cage, a high impact resistant ABS plastic shell with increased forehead thickness, a backplate designed to keep the snaps on, and a breathable 3D mesh padding liner. The MVP2510M Matte Finish Youth Catcher's Helmet is ideal for youth baseball players.

ALL-STAR MVP2510MTT Matte Two-Tone Youth Catchers Helmet $149.99 ALL-STAR MVP2510MTT Matte Two-Tone Youth Catchers Helmet. All-Star System Seven MVP 2500 masks feature an I-BAR VISION steel cage, a high impact resistant ABS plastic shell with increased forehead thickness, a backplate designed to keep the snaps on, and a breathable 3D mesh padding liner. The MVP2510MTT Matte Finish Youth Catcher's Helmet is ideal for youth baseball players.

The Teen Voices in Huckleberry Finn, Catcher in the Rye, and The Outsiders

Teenagers are famous for being the most powerful voice of their g-g-generation. Stuck somewhere between the limitations of childhood and the responsibilities of adulthood, they have a unique perspective from the fringe of society. To remind ourselves of why the angsty rebellion of youth is so important, let's take a look at some of the teen voices of nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature.

The classic teen novel of the nineteenth century is Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which is narrated from the perspective of an uneducated thirteen-year old with an awesome sense of humor and zero interest in becoming "civilised." The tale begins with Huck evading school, hygiene, and his adoptive mother only to find himself on the run from the abuse of an infinitely worse father. After setting off down the Mississippi river, he takes up with an escaped slave and… well, you know the rest.

Which is kind of the problem; Huckleberry Finn has become such a part of American consciousness that a lot of us don't bother to read it for ourselves. If the fact that it's a smart and hilarious civil-rights novel with a surprisingly modern feel doesn't get you interested, maybe the history of its publication will; upon its release, it was banned throughout the US and deemed "the veriest trash" for its slang, irreverence, and vulgarity. As any teen could have predicted, however, the controversy served only to heighten public interest, ultimately bolstering the novel's sales.

Following in Twain's lead is J. D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye, which is narrated from the perspective of a disillusioned seventeen-year old with a biting wit and complete intolerance of artificiality. Having no desire to spend his teen years being molded into a "splendid, clear-thinking" young man, Holden Caulfield flunks out of prep school and spends the next few days wandering around New York. In the process, he alienates himself from his friends, blows all his money, has some sort of nervous breakdown, and even gets beaten up by a pimp.

That being said, Catcher is hardly what you'd call plot-driven, causing some readers complain that the story is essentially a rambling diatribe on Holden's pet peeves. The fact that modern-day television and movies have bombarded us with stimuli certainly doesn't help Holden's case. What keeps us hooked, aside from Holden's lovable combination of cynicism and naiveté, is his incredible narrative voice. Whether making us laugh out loud or pause to think, Holden speaks to us like trusted friends – in conversational English peppered with slang, curse words, and contradictions. In doing so, Holden works through a few of his personal demons and makes more of a connection with the reader than he ever manages to achieve in real life.

Huck Finn and Catcher definitely helped pave the way for our third teen novel, S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders. Told from the perspective of a fourteen-year-old gang member who calls himself Pony Boy, the story follows several violent skirmishes between East- and West-Side gangs. (Think West Side Story minus the romance. And the jazz hands.) Like Holden, Pony Boy writes as a form of catharsis; three of his friends die during the attacks, prompting him to commit their stories to paper. Only at the end of the tale do we discover that the "novel" is actually a class assignment.

Like Huck Finn and Catcher, The Outsiders uses colloquial writing and brutal honesty to give voice a teenager struggling to find his place in the world. However, what makes it extra cool is that, unlike its predecessors, it is actually written by a teenager; Hinton was only fifteen when she completed the story and eighteen when her book deal came through. Hinton's unflinching portrayal of urban teenage life, not to mention her street cred as a fellow youngster, gives the story extra social resonance as a coming-of-age tale.

About the Author

Shmoop is an online study guide for Huckleberry Finn, Catcher in the Rye and many more. Its content is written by Ph.D. and Masters students from top universities, like Stanford, Berkeley, Harvard, and Yale who have also taught at the high school and college levels. Teachers and students should feel confident to cite Shmoop.