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Honus & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure (Baseball Card Adventures)

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This is a nice fiction story not as good but up in the ranks with "Field of Dreams." A boys travels back in time to see the greats from the early years of baseball. Great nostalgia and fantasy esoecially if you like stories involving time travel. The cover is the famous rare Honus Wagner card worth more than any other baseball card because of its rarity. The book includes some very interesting non-fiction about how the card came about and why it is so rare.

This is one of the best in the Joe Stoshack series, the boy who travels in time to meet some of baseball's legends. Gutman excels at evoking baseball's early years, when the game was more intimate and perhaps rougher. Gutman really did his research: "People were hanging all over the fence, and there were seats in front [italics] of the fence. The only thing keeping fans away from the playing field was a rope." Gutman also includes some play by play descriptions from the 1909 Series.

Gutman supplements these descriptions with newspaper clipings, great photos (including one of Wagner and Cobb, and what I assume is the Detroit field, "Bennett Park," in 1909), a reproduction of the T-206 Wagner, stats, a 2-page baseball "tips" piece written by Wagner in 1950, and a short section that separates the book's facts from fiction.

There's a minor romantic subplot that seemed a bit contrived, but it's incidental to the main action here. Wagner comes off as an admirable man with a wonderful sense of humor, and Gutman, as usual, shares with us his great affection for the game.

my 7 1/2 year old son (he's an above-grade reader) has read all five, and loved all of, dan gutman's baseball card books. i had the privilege of listening to one on tape -- this one, honus & me. it is well-told with great morality lessons and interesting historical information. Dan Gutman is the perfect author for baseball loving little boys. We both cant wait for his next.

Honus & Me By: Dan Gutman Would you like to read a book about Honus Wagner? What about baseball history? Well here it is. The book is Honus & Me. It is a very interesting book with a lot of facts about Honus Wagner. Joe Stoshack loves baseball. One day when cleaning up his next store neighbors basement Joe found a Honus Wagner card, the most valuable card in the world! In the middle of the night Joe wakes up and face to face with him is Honus Wagner. Now they will go to the past with Honus Wagner. They will go on the one of the greatest journeys ever.

A Sports Lovers Fantasy!!!!!
Honus and Me by
Dan Gutman

This is a book about a kid who loves sports.In this book he finds thathe has a magical he can go back in time and visit famous baseball players from that time.
A exciting part in this book is when Hounus is playing in the world series.((As honus trooted in from his shortstop position at the end of the inning, he looked straight at me and patted his right shoulderwith his left hand.)) (( The signal.)) You will have to read the book to see what is going to happen.
I think probally a boy who likes sports books would like this story.This book has fantasy,history, and many other subjects.It is a great mystery and pepole who like old baseball history would ike this book to.
I would give this book a 4 out of 5. It is a short bookso if you need to do a book project it is very easy to read and a very fun book to read.This is my favorite book of all time and I would recomnd this book.

The book that I read was really good. it is called Honus and Me by Dan Gutman. If you like baseball,then I think you would like this book. It is about a kid names Stosh who plays baseball, he's also a big baseball card collector. One day, he finds a Honus Wagner card! (these are very rare) Stosh isn't rich but he wouldn't call himself poor. His parents split up when he was younger and his mom doesn't make that much money. The card that he was holding was worth half a million dollars! Stosh goes to bed that night and wishes that he could go back in time and meet Honus himself. He feels a tingling sensation in the tips of his fingers just before he falls asleep. It turns out that he has the ability to go back in time! This adventure continues throughout the book as Stosh and Honus play in the world series and sign autograpghs. This action packed adventure is really good and everyone should read it. Even if you don't like baseball, you should also read other books by Dan Gutman.

Are you looking to encourage a young man to read a little more? Possibly have a discussion with him about history or baseball? I would recommend to you "Honus and Me." Although it is predictable, corny and slightly far-fetched, it was a fun read. The author researched the subject and era and tries to present historical information as accurately as possible (as a history teacher, thank you!), and even discussed his research at the end. The result, an adult/mentor is able to talk about the work a historian does (or even extend it to a talk on the scientific method) and use a subject that is usually not considered "historically important", but is fun for boys--baseball. Give it a shot. What do you have to lose?

This book is magical. I am an adult who is not a great baseball fan but truly enjoyed this book. The book has many statistics but they are written in an interesting way that makes the baseball events come alive, you also gain respect for Honus Wagner. The story is recommended for children but it is still enjoyable for adults. I will recommend this book to everyone. The book recently won an award from the National Reading Association for being the BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (2001) for secondary students!

My 10 year daughter and my husband share a love for baseball, nostaglia, and reading. This book covers all 3. She read it first and then gave it to her Dad who read it in a hour or two. They both loved it and my daughter then read Jackie and Me. But Honus and Me still remains her favorite. She is ready to read Babe and Me.

When our group read the book, we really liked it. We are sixth grade students. We thought the book had good description and good parts. A kid named Joe found a card that was worth half a million dollars. The card took him back into time. The part we liked was when we learned about Honus Wagner. Honus was one of the greatest players on the Pittsburg Pirates. This was our favorite book this year. We liked it a lot. Good Bye. From your readers from Hatboro-Horsham.