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Baseball Card Crazy

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What a great book! Isn't that just every babyboomer's story?"Oh the cards I used to have!" This novel really takes offon that theme! A fun story for families to share and enjoy. Nicely written and realistic.

Oliver is interested in baseball cards, card shows and especially the cards his father has evidently forgotten. Now Oliver has a chance to change all of his problems by visiting his grandparents. The grandparents have never moved nor given anything away. Oliver has qualities you can admire and not so admire. He does have determination and persistance, but he can also nag and complain. The farmhouse and area where his grandparents live must be special: an attic to haunt, a cellar to plunder into and a great outdoor clubhouse to find. The book is an easy read for children and also for parents to read to their children. It would probably neat for dads and sons to read this together, but girls into baseball or softball would like this type of read. The mother and son relationship of the co-authors shows that the book can bring enjoyment to all.

I came across this book in the library and thought I would take it just for the fun of it. It may not be one of the best books that I have come across, but it was definitely entertaining to read this story.

The story is about a boy named Oliver O'Malley. He is obsessed about baseball and therefore his favorite hobby is to collect baseball cards. In the beginning of the book, he tells us about his family, which consists of his younger sister Samantha (whom Oliver thinks is very strange because she plays with "cabbage-faced" dolls and has a weird sense of humor), his mother, and his father (who had a big collection baseball card collection when he was young, but somehow lost it over the years). Oliver wishes that his father could remember what happened to those baseball cards, because they would be really rare and worthy today. One day, it occurs to Oliver that the cards could still be in his grandparents (father's parents) house, because they never moved to a new home. Therefore, during the summer holidays, when the chance comes, Oliver and Samantha go to their grandparents' house for three weeks, where Oliver's main goal is to find his father's baseball card collection. Will he succeed in finding it?

Author Trish Kennedy and her son Timothy Schodorf teamed up and came up with this great story which tells us about a boy who never loses hope on something that he wishes for. The book has humor, adventure, and a good moral. Even though I know nothing about baseball, I found myself learning about the game and some of the famous players while reading this book.

I think this is a wonderful book that would be enjoyed by anyone who read it.

This is a really fun book for both girls and boys. It is easy to read and is humorous. Oliver gets into some fun scrapes. My daughter's third grade teacher reads it to her class every year and they love it!