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Summary: A Baseball Hit!
Review: Baseball fans here comes a new hit! It's called Babe and Me and it's got baseball, time-travel, and mystery all rolled into one. This novel is about a boy named Joe Stoshack and his Dad. They live in Louisville, Kentucky in the 1990s. This pair are big Babe Ruth fans, and like most other fans, they are DYING to know if he did call his famous home run on October 1, 1932. Unlike others, they have a secret. Joe can travel to any time on a baseball card by holding the card for 30 seconds! So they travel back to the Depression and watch the famous game.
This novel has a moral too. Joe learns tht behind the glory, Babe's life isn't perfect like you'd think it would be. He has troubles like any average person.
So if you like baseball, fantasy, or even history, read Babe and Me. It's a novel most baseball fans won't want to miss.
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Summary: The Big Hit
Review: Hi our names are Andrew, Stephanie, Trevor, Ben, and Sam. We read the book Babe & Me. It's a very good book. It's about a boy named Joey who can go back in time. He goes back to the time of the baseball card. In this book he goes back in the time of Babe Ruth. He finds out many different things about Babe Ruth and his called shot. If you want to learn more about this perticular book you should read it! If you liked this book try others like Shoeless Joe & Me, Jackie & Me, Honus & Me.
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Summary: A Good Book
Review: I think thise is a great book because they go back in time with old baseball cards.
The best part is when Babe Ruth was in his third game of the world series. He pointed at center field and he hit a homerun right there.
I think you will like to read this book because it is fun going back in time.
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Summary: Call It What You Will
Review: In this third book of the time travel series, young Joe Stoshack touches Babe Ruth's 1932 baseball card, and journeys back to Wrigley Field in 1932. His goal is to see whether Ruth really did "call his shot," that is, point to the outfield stands just prior to hitting a home run there. Joe's angry, divorced, recently laid-off father sees the trip as a money-making opportunity (by betting on know outcomes, accruing 70 years of interest, and obtaining Ruth-autographed baseballs to sell when they return to the present).This well-written book will appeal to all baseball fans, especially its audience of kids around 7 to 12 years. Gutman obviously loves the game and its lore, and he vividly recreates 1932 Chicago. It's a very good history as well as sports book, as Gutman describes (aided by newspaper clippings and photos) such topics as segregation, the Depression, and the arrival of German Fascism. At times, Gutman is a little too sentimental, especially when describing the eventual (and predictable) family rapprochement, and there's a somewhat simplistic nod to the Holocaust. The main appeal is its depiction of early baseball and the larger-than-life character of the Babe. Although Gutman exaggerates some of Ruth's grandiosity (which the author points out in an afterward), most of the book is factual. Gutman's researched his subject with sources such as the Society for American Baseball Research and the Babe Ruth Birthplace and Baseball Center. There's also a terrific section featuring contemporaries' opinions on the called shot, and a 2-page summary of Ruth's batting and pitching stats. These are inspired ideas, that, again, show Gutman's skillful weaving of fiction and fact. This book offers much more than the usual sports fiction for kids. The family dynamics, the historical references, and the awesome presence of the Babe, Lou Gerhrig and other Hall of Famers are a winning combination.
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Summary: Babe is the Best!
Review: This book will take you back in time to early baseball. The Yankees were playing the Cubs. In the story this boy named Joe travels through time. He gets to talk and see what Babe Ruth is all about. You will have to read the story to see if Babe Ruth really was pointing to the beachers.
Critic: Dayna
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