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Honus and Me: A Baseball Card Adventure
Dan Gutman (1999), 144 pages
Audience: 4th Grade - 7th Grade
A kid named Joe finds a million dollar baseball card, then finds that he has the powers to go back in time to meet the player on the card. Read it!
Book Series: Baseball Card Adventure
Awards nominated: 2013 Bluestem Nominee; 2001 Rebecca Caudill Nominee
Reviewed by: St. Charles Reader
Date read: 11/28/2009
ISBN-10: 0380788780
ISBN-13: 9780380788781
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Reader Comments
His Power...Commenter: Alan, grade 3
This book is awesome!
River's dream is to play for the WNBA, the Women's National Basketball Association. When a scout for the WBNA shows up, holding tryouts for a 6th grade girls' team to compete in a regional tournament, River sees her chance. The best player on this team will win a free place in a basketball camp run by no one other than Emily Hargraves, last year's WNBA MVP. River fails to make the A-Team, however, and is stuck on the B-Team, with a crowd of misfits, like the girl who is scared of the ball. The B-Team will play in the tournament, though, with the same chance to win the prize. Can River turn her team of misfits into a team of winners?
Reviewed by: emc
Date read: 12/3/2009
ISBN-10: 0823416917
ISBN-13: 9780823416912
Nick has been practicing all summer for a shot at playing point guard on his school's basketball team, but he has no chance now that Carson's talent is stealing the spotlight. Then, when his father announces he's getting remarried, Nick has to deal with much more than he planned. Nick's hair smells like ham because of his stepmother's odd choice of shampoo. His stepbrother Dwayne not only gets in the way, he embarrasses Nick. With everything changing, will Nick ever be able to prove himself on the basketball court?
Reviewed by: emc
Date read: 12/28/2009
ISBN-10: 0761317481
ISBN-13: 9780761317487
To start with, you need to know that I love baseball even though I am not very good at it. Next, you should know that this is my real name - Sylvester Coddmyer III - honestly. Even though I went to the team try-outs and gave it my best, it seemed best not to sign up. Until I met George Baruth. He caught up with me after practice and offered to help me with my hitting and catching. Mr. Baruth knew a lot and I learned quick, quick enough to get on the team. Mr. Baruth taught me so well that everyone in town was soon talking about me and the home runs I was hitting. They all wanted to know how I got so good.
Reviewed by: adf
Date read: 2/28/2011
ISBN-10: 0316139874
ISBN-13: 9780316139878
Reader Comments
Babe Ruth? Alive Again?Commenter: Alan, grade 2
Mr. Baruth acts and plays like Babe Ruth. Interesting. And maybe a little dangerous? Read the rest of the series and you'll find out what I mean by 'dangerous'. (The series is only four books, so, don't worry.)
Sam is a natural leader on the football field, and he loves the position of quarterback. For years, he has played with his best friends in their backyards, and now that they are starting seventh grade, he will finally be able to start organized football. In tryouts, however, the pressure is too high, and he can't perform the way he does with his friends. Two other boys beat him out for the position of quarterback, and Sam loses hope that he can ever prove that he's the right quarterback for the team. When their team keeps losing, Sam becomes determined to turn it around. Will he find a way to make it right?
Book Series: Alden All Stars
Reviewed by: emc
Date read: 11/27/2009
ISBN-10: 0670837318
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