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Babe & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure | 
 enlarge | Author: Dan Gutman
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  39 reviews
Sales Rank: 57045
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 176
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Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.2 x 0.5
ISBN: 0380805049
EAN: 9780380805044
ASIN: 0380805049
Publication Date: March 1, 2002
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Product Description
On October 1, 1932, during Game Three of the Chicago Cubs -- New York Yankees World Series, Babe Ruth belted a long home run to straightaway centerfield. According to legend, just before he hit, Babe pointed to the bleachers and boldly predicted he would slam the next pitch there. Did he call the shot or didn't he? Witnesses never agreed. Like other baseball fans, Joe Stoshack wants to know the truth. But unlike other fans, Joe has the astonishing ability to travel through time and solve one of baseball's greatest puzzles....
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 Excellent Book September 26, 2008
My 9 year-old has read all the books in this series and has enjoyed them all ! The author does a great job of combining facts from history intertwined with his character that travels back in time. These books have led to much discussion with my child about some of the facts brought forward in the books.
In this particular book, Joe travels back to 1932 to see Babe Ruth and one of the topics brought forward was the Great Depression. The author did quite a bit of research to try & represent The Babe's personality in a juvenille book.
I have read 3 in this series (so far) and highly recommend them for young readers. What i like the best is that it creates further discussion on some of the American history topics brought forward in the book.
Whether the shot was called, or not, doesn't take away from the fact that Babe Ruth was the greatest ever to play the game & provided much necessary entertainment for a county in dire need of it at the time !
 GOOD BOOK,I.E., AUTHOR MIXES FACT/TRUE HISTORY: '29 DEPRESSION, POLISH-CATHOLIC HOLOCAUST VICTIMS(3 MILLION)Joe's Dad's Family July 21, 2008
Book drags a little in beginning, then really picks up some momentum. This is a very good book, not only about the babe, but the way real histoy fact, is mixed with a little fiction - time travel. Fact: Joey's father has just lost his job and is down on his luck. Everyone, including his wife judge him for face value and are not very patient with him. Joey's father is really a 'good guy,' and a great father. Joey's father always seems mad and sad about something. That something, the author reveals later in the book, is the fact that Joey's father who is a Polish-Catholic, lost most of his family members when the Nazi's invaded Poland. Some 3 Million Polish-Catholics were, also, murdered by the Germans in WWII Very few people know this fact, and to add to the horror, Stalin murdered another 2 million Catholic Poles. While the Germans were bringing terror to the Polish people in Poland, they also murdered 6 Million Jews from all of Europe. The author is fair to mention the Polish-Catholic suffering, in what is known as The Forgotten Holocaust or the 3 Million Polish-Catolics, murdered by the Germans (Joey's father's Catholic family in Lodz, Poland). This is what constantly bothered Joey's dad. The divorce and not seeing his son enough, only made him more sad. In the time travel part, Joey's father reads about Hitler coming to power, he desperately tries to tell Roosevelt, when they are back in time, trying to stop the Holocaust by telling Roosevelt, but Roosevelt ignored him and did not believe him. Interesting fact is that: Joey's father, who is Polish (Gutman makes a point of his being Polish early in the book) tried to help stop the holocaust, as did real life hero Jan Karski, A Polish-Catholic courrier. Karski, who also told Roosevelt about the Holocaust, but Roosevelt wouldn't believe Jan Karski either(but in real life!!!), and, sadly, did nothing about it.. The time travel does bring father and son and family back together. Did the Babe point or not is secondary to the lessons of humanity, decency and history in this book. The Babe was, like Joey's dad, in the end, a very tortured soul, but ultimately, a really, really great father, husband and human being.
Credit to Dan Gutman for a piece of history October 24, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was an enjoyable book. It explores one of the most thought of and talked about baseball historical events of all time. George Herman Ruth called his shot to center field on the third inning of the third game in the 1932 World Series against the Chicago Cubs. He stuck his left hand in the air and pointed to the center field bleachers and called his shot. I like how the author of this book Dan Gutman challenges the called shot it makes you feel like you are at that game it gives you a perspective the no film footage or pictures could ever give you. Reading this book made me have a stronger perspective of his called shot it shows how you can take a little known opinion and turn it into one of the most exciting cliff hanging books ever and if you've only known about the called shot for a little bit like me I suggest this book to anyone who doesn't know about the called shot or still want to know more about it. Dan Gutman gives a look at what it would be like to be one of George Herman Ruth's friend what it would be like to hold his bat be in his house and be a thought in his mind. I give credit to Dan Gutman for writing this book I enjoyed the first person look at George Ruth's life and the way he played ball. If you liked this book I also suggest the rest of the books in this series including ones that have not yet been published.
a great book to jump-start your kid's love of reading April 12, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
My son was a reluctant beginning reader until his first grade teacher pulled out a copy of Babe and Me to read to his class. We went out and got it the next day, read it together, and he spent the next summer working his way through it by himself, slowly reading it aloud.
Since then, he has read this book and the others in the series several times. This novel is multi-layered, with storylines about a boy's relationship with his father (his parents are divorced), all told in the historical context of the Great Depression and during the rise of Hitler. Every time we read this together (and there have been countless times), my son finds something else to discuss. The mystery of the book---did Babe really call the shot?---almost doesn't matter when you consider the book as a whole.
Overall, I credit this book as jump-starting my son's love of reading and of baseball. I can't recommend this enough for anyone looking for an entertaining and interesting read, and parents will love reading it aloud with younger readers, as well.
 Joe's adventure to 1932 March 12, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is about a kid named Joe Stoshack who travels back in time to 1932 to see if Babe Ruth called his shot or not. Read this book to find out if he did or not.
This book was great! I really liked the book because I play baseball just like Babe.
If you like baseball you will really like this book too!
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