Abner & Me (Baseball Card Adventures) [Paperback]

Dan Gutman (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up | Series: Baseball Card Adventures

Cannons are blasting!
Bullets are flying!
Wounded soldiers are everywhere!

Stosh has time-traveled to 1863, right into the middle of the Civil War. In possibly his most exciting and definitely his most dangerous trip yet, Stosh has decided to answer the question for all time: did Abner Doubleday, a Civil War general, really invent the game of baseball?

It's all here: big laughs, dramatic action, fast baseball games in the middle of a battlefield. You'll be blown away by this sixth amazing baseball card adventure!

Editorial Reviews

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Gr. 5-8. Joe Stoshack knows that he can travel back in time when he holds the right baseball card. Now he wants to see if Abner Doubleday really invented baseball (he did not, of course), but this time it's a photo of Civil War general Doubleday that sends Stosh and his nurse mom back in history--to the Battle of Gettysburg. Before pulling out a card to get home, Stosh gets to see Union soldiers playing a pickup game, with different rules and antique, but quite recognizable nomenclature. Gutman reports on the battle matter-of-factly, even as the boy's mom saves a life in the hellish hospital quarters after the battle. Her quest to save Lincoln via time travel does not fare so well. Although lightweight for its heavy topic, fans of the Baseball Card Adventure series will still want to read this one. An author's note separates fact from fiction. GraceAnne DeCandido
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Review

“The fun, adventure, and mixing of fact and fiction of the series are all well presented here.…” (Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) )

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins (January 30, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060534451
• ISBN-13: 978-0060534455
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #117,591 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #47 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Authors & Illustrators, A-Z > ( G ) > Gutman, Dan
  • #48 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Sports & Activities > Sports > Baseball
  • #59 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > History & Historical Fiction > Fiction > Military & Wars

More About the Author

This is hard. I'm a pretty regular Jersey guy who spent fifteen years trying to write newspaper articles, magazine articles, screenplays, books for adults, and just about everything else before I discovered the one thing I'm good at--writing fiction for kids. I aim for kids who DON'T like to read, and hopefully the kids who DO like to read will enjoy my stuff too. For all the gory details about me, check out my web site.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Review for Abner and Me, July 29, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Abner & Me (Baseball Card Adventures) (Hardcover)

Joe Stoshak, who can travel through time with baseball cards, goes back to 1863 to see if Abner Doubleday invented baseball. This was at the time of the Civil War. This was a very good book but I don't think it was quite as good as the other books in the Baseball Card series. That is because it is more violent than the other books (because of the Civil War). It is still a very good book. I would recommend it to kids over 7 years old. I give 4-1/2 stars out of five.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Gutman sneaks history past haters of history, June 26, 2007

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Big Daddy Geck-Mo (Loleta, Ca) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Abner & Me (Baseball Card Adventures) (Hardcover)

My 14-year-old son is a hater of history, and of reading for that matter. Typical. But he is a lover of sport, especially baseball. Sound like your boy? Well, read Dan Gutman's bio sheet. These words also describe his attitude as a boy. But the author has done us all a service by writing great adventures aimed at an audience reminiscent of young Dan. Satch and Me, Shoeless Joe and Me, Jackie and Me, Mickey and Me--my son read them all, and was excited to tell me about them. I would say it is important for the young reader to read at least one of these titles first before reading Abner and Me, which is a little less baseball adventure and a little more historical adventure. The protagonist, Stosh, this time goes back in time to the Civil War to learn if Abner Doubleday really invented the game of baseball. Along the way he learns of the heartache of a nation at war, the terror of the battlefield, the waste of a noble president's life. My son had just flunked his history test in a poorly taught class before reading Abner. Gutman has a way of pouring just enough history and social commentary into his books to sneak teaching past his unsuspecting reader. As a parent of a non-academic boy, I say Gutman should be praised for his service.

5.0 out of 5 stars Abner Doubleday, October 2, 2010

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Willard H., Blaskopf Jr. (New Jersey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Abner & Me (Baseball Card Adventures) (Paperback)

I enjoyed this book, just as I have enjoyed in the books in this series.