Mark McGwire [Paperback]

Richard J. Brenner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1999 | Age Level: 6 and up

Mark McGwire has been hitting home runs ever since he drove a ball over the fence in his very first Little League game.

Big Mac went on to become the greatest single-season home run hitter in major league history, banging 70 Big Flys in 1998. The Big Guy not only shattered the previous record, he hit home runs faster and farther than any other player ever had.

Now you can read all about Mark's rise to stardom while enjoying lots of full-color, action-packed photos.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 6 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: HarperTrophy (April 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0688170854
• ISBN-13: 978-0688170851
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 8 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,966,207 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Big Mac, November 15, 2002

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M. Allen Greenbaum (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mark McGwire (Paperback)

This is a good children's sports book highlighting the Mark McGwire's record breaking 70 home runs in 1998. The brief book (about 30 pages) traces his power hitting from his youth to high school and to college at USC, then picks up his home run stats at Oakland and St. Louis. There are excellent color photos throughout. Somehow, the book doesn't quite capture the magnitude or excitement of his achievement (later broken by Barry Bonds), and a page devoted to his full stats would have been helpful. But the book does mention some of the more subtle reasons why that year was special, such as the competition with Sammy Sosa, and the respect McGwire showed to the family of Roger Maris. McGwire also established a foundation to help abused children, and is presented as a good role model for kids. Enjoyable reading, with great pictures, this would be appreciated by a young baseball fan.