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Babe and Me: A Baseball Card Adventure (Baseball Card Adventures)
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by Dan Gutman
Sales Rank: 90749
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List Price: $16.99
$12.74
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Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover: 176 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins; 1st edition February 2, 2000
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0380977397
ISBN-13: 978-0380977390
Product Dimensions:
8.6 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
From Publishers Weekly
A boy and his father zip back in time to discover whether Babe Ruth actually predicted his home run in Game Three of the 1932 World Series. "Gutman's account of Joey's strained relationship with his divorced father and his portrait of the intriguing, revered slugger against the backdrop of Depression-era New York are equally skillful," noted PW. Ages 8-12.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
From School Library Journal
Grade 4-7-Once again, 13-year-old Joe Stoshack time travels and meets baseball greats of the past. In this book, he takes his father along, as they attempt to discover whether Babe Ruth really "called his shot" in the 1932 World Series. The pecuniary possibilities of the adventure are not overlooked. His dad's main interest in going back in time is to make a killing in the sports-memorabilia market. A bag full of baseballs autographed by Babe Ruth would be worth a fortune in today's market, and Joe and his dad try to cash in. Their plans go awry, but they do manage to meet the slugger and experience his outsized personality. True to history, he remains an elusive figure here. At times, he is portrayed as rather lonely and maudlin and at other times he's a caricature-especially in a gross, exaggerated eating scene: "Babe Ruth hit big, and he missed big, and he lived big. And I can tell this from personal experience, he also puked big." The book does evoke the importance of a sports hero to an America mired in the depths of the Depression. And, as so frequently happens in baseball novels, the adventure proves to be the catalyst for a new understanding between father and son. This is an entertaining romp through a part of baseball history.
Todd Morning, Schaumburg Township Public Library, IL
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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