Honus & Me Contributor(s): Gutman, Dan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0380788780 ISBN-13: 9780380788781 Publisher: HarperCollins
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: January 2003 Annotation: When young Joe Stoshack finds the most valuable baseball card in the world, a Honus Wagner T-206, in a pile of garbage, he thinks he's struck it rich. It turns out the card is worth more than money. It's his ticket to a time-travel adventure to a historic world series game, with one of the greatest baseball players who ever lived. Click for more in this series: Baseball Card Adventures (Paperback) |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation - Baseball - Juvenile Fiction | Science Fiction - Time Travel - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 96031439 |
Age Level: 8-12 |
Grade Level: 3-7 |
Lexile Measure: 690(Not Available) |
Series: Baseball Card Adventures (Paperback) |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.1" W x 7.5" L (0.20 lbs) 144 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product |
Awards: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award, Nominee, Grades 4-8, 2001 Georgia Children's Book Award, Nominee, Children's Book, 2001 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award, Nominee, Grades 3-6, 2001 California Young Reader Medal, Winner, Intermediate, 2001 |
Review Citations: PW Notes and Reprints 01/27/2003 pg. 262 Publishers Weekly 01/27/2003 |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 26738 Reading Level: 4.3 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 3.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: With more than 2 million books sold, the Baseball Card Adventures bring the greatest players in history to life With historical photos and back matter to separate the facts from the fiction, New York Times bestselling author Dan Gutman takes readers on a page-turning trip through baseball's past. Perfect for young readers who love time travel stories and dream about meeting history's greatest baseball players Joe Stoshack lives for baseball. He knows everything there is to know about the game--except how to play well. His specialty is striking out. Stosh feels like a real loser, and when he takes a low-paying job cleaning a bunch of junk out of his neighbor's attic, he feels even worse--until he comes across a little piece of cardboard that takes his breath away. His heart is racing. His brain is racing. He can hardly believe his eyes. Stosh has stumbled upon a T-206 Honus Wagner--the most valuable baseball card in the world But he's about to find out that it's worth a lot more than money. Because it turns out Stosh has the incredible ability to travel through time using baseball cards--and now he's headed back to 1909, when Honus Wagner played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in a World Series for the record books. But will the legendary Honus Wagner be able to teach Joe how to be a better baseball player? |
Contributor Bio(s): Gutman, Dan: - Dan Gutman is the New York Times bestselling author of the Genius Files series; the Baseball Card Adventure series, which has sold more than 1.5 million copies around the world; and the My Weird School series, which has sold more than 12 million copies. Thanks to his many fans who voted in their classrooms, Dan has received nineteen state book awards and ninety-two state book award nominations. He lives in New York City with his wife, Nina. You can visit him online at www.dangutman.com. |
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