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Summary: This time it is Zack's Grandma Leah who has the misadventure
Review: How come Zach's Grandma Leah, an eighty-eight year old lady who is only four-foot-ten and knows nothing about baseball, can suddenly hit a ball farther than Sammy Sosa or Mark McGwire? Zach is certainly puzzled about this one, especially because when weird things happen they usually happen to him. However, there is a reason why Grandma Leah is batting for the Chicago White Sox. Like other adventures in the Zack Files, this one is filled with the off-the-wall humor that Dan Greenburg always invests into these fun little books. However, your young reader had better be an above-average baseball fan is they really want to enjoy this little misadventure.However, I did find at least one error in this book. It seems that the pennant race comes down to two teams: one will win and make the playoffs and the loser is out of it. Look at the standings for the American League and see if you can find the mistake. There might be a second mistake, but I am not sure. You see, in the illustration by Jack E. Davis on page 9 we see Grandma Leah batting and if she is batting the right way then that would be the wrong way, which would be the only way left. (Do not worry: when you find out why Grandma Leah is hitting baseballs 300 feet you will understand how that last sentence actually makes sense.)
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Summary: This time it is Zack's Grandma Leah who has the misadventure
Review: How come Zach's Grandma Leah, an eighty-eight year old lady who is only four-foot-ten and knows nothing about baseball, can suddenly hit a ball farther than Sammy Sosa or Mark McGwire? Zach is certainly puzzled about this one, especially because when weird things happen they usually happen to him. However, there is a reason why Grandma Leah is batting for the Chicago White Sox. Like other adventures in the Zack Files, this one is filled with the off-the-wall humor that Dan Greenburg always invests into these fun little books. However, your young reader had better be an above-average baseball fan is they really want to enjoy this little misadventure. However, I did find at least one error in this book. It seems that the pennant race comes down to two teams: one will win and make the playoffs and the loser is out of it. Look at the standings for the American League and see if you can find the mistake. There might be a second mistake, but I am not sure. You see, in the illustration by Jack E. Davis on page 9 we see Grandma Leah batting and if she is batting the right way then that would be the wrong way, which would be the only way left. (Do not worry: when you find out why Grandma Leah is hitting baseballs 300 feet you will understand how that last sentence actually makes sense.)
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Summary: A Great Series
Review: I love these books. I read them to my 6 year old daughter and she loves them. They hold both of our interest and are quite entertaining. They are imaginative and funny. I have given them as gifts to other children and all of their parents said they loved them. I have not disliked a single one. I highly recommend any of these books. Older children would enjoy them as well.
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