It's the year 2024, and your beloved baseball team hasn't won the World Series again for 20 years, long before you were born. So you and your buddies (and your cat) put together a Plan to help the Red Sox win the series again, even if you have to steal it for them.
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From School Library Journal
Grade 5-8–This fictional tale should transport readers 20 years into the future, but it reads as if it were a memoir. The Boston Red Sox haven't won the World Series since 2004, so 12-year-old fans Jerry Taglia, Peter Capiscio, Joe Beacon, and his twin brother Paul make plans to help the team along. The Plan starts when the boys climb down into an open manhole and travel underground to Fenway Park, where they discover a computer room. The computer acts as an electronic umpire, viewing and calling strikes, balls, and fouls based upon sensors that the players wear in their shoes. Instead of capitalizing on futuristic technology, Purciello describes only a handful of gadgets in an attempt to set the stage. The slow-moving plot is sidetracked by a dream sequence and a neighbor who was a Ms. April centerfold. Even though action scenes are well visualized, there is more telling about what happened than showing. Character development is minimal. Because the print is small and the story plods on unevenly, it is unlikely that middle-grade readers will stick with the book to the end.–Blair Christolon, Prince William Public Library System, Manassas, VA
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"The Boston Red Sox' spectacular comeback in the 2004 World Series which they won, breaking the eighty-six year Curse that descended upon the team when they sold their ace player Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees, has spawned several books in recent months. "The Year They Won," by Gerard Purciello, and ardent Boston Red Sox fan, is an imaginative and entertaining novel targeted for the age group ten and up....
The author has created memorable characters, bringing alive their dreams, fanatical enthusiasm for sports, easy camaraderie, and friendly banter. His vivid descriptions of summer season and school vacation remind adults of their own childhoods and make children still in school waiting for vacation jealous.
Superbly crafted and a hilarious read from first to last, "The Year the Won" is a sure win-win for baseball fans, especially Red Sox die-hards.
--BookWire Review
June 29, 2005
Blohards name The Year They Won; A tale of the Boston Red Sox,
"Book of the Month"
"This month's feature is dedicated to the younger Sox fan. Written by Gerald Purciello, 'THE YEAR THEY WON; A tale of the Boston Red Sox' concerns itself with four loyal 12 year-old Sox fans (and their cat) in the year 2024 who, facing a 20 year world championship drought, determine to ensure, by means fair or foul, that their beloved team again reigns supreme. ...(it's) 'for anyone who's ever loved or hated the Boston Red Sox, stolen a base or tried to, rooted for the underdog, taken a baseball glove to a game, crossed your fingers, or yelled at the ump', and that sounds like almost all of us..."
--Blohards.com
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Book That Wins,
This review is from: The Year They Won: A Tale of the Boston Red Sox (Paperback)
This book made me want to spend all day playing with my friends again and dreaming up outrageous schemes. It made me want to lie in the grass and listen to cicadas in the trees, and bats cracking on balls.
Chock full of funny characters and scary chases through dark tunnels! Exciting behind the scenes glimpses at a Fenway Park we only dream about. Made me smell the hot dogs. A kids book that grown-ups will love.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Made me feel like I was a kid again,
By Chris (Acton, MA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Year They Won: A Tale of the Boston Red Sox (Paperback)
I knew I was going to like this book after just a couple of pages. The characters reminded me of my own childhood friends and the fun we had playing stickball and impersonating our heroes. The story was very creative (I was getting tired of reading recaps of the 2004 Red Sox season - this isn't one of them) and makes you want to grab your son or dad and go watch a game.
Can't wait to read more books by Purciello.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Wonderful Sox Adventure,
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This review is from: The Year They Won: A Tale of the Boston Red Sox (Paperback)
This is a lively and fun book about four friends (Jerry "Tags" Taglia, Peter "Capisce" Capiscio, Paul "Paulie" Beacon, and Paul's twin brother, Joe "Lights" Beacon) and the Boston Red Sox. The friends come up with a wild plan to steal the World Series of 2024 for the Sox, who haven't won the Series in twenty years. They spend their whole summer working on the Plan, but the Plan goes hilariously wrong! (Turns out that the boys are brave enough to face the cannibal in the sewer, but they're no match for an elderly security guard.)
What do a robotic umpire, the "Cleanerama," a button salesman, and the "World's Best Sausage" have in common? Not much, but they all come into play in this wacky and entertaining novel about buddies, baseball, and the Boston Red Sox. (Did I mention the cannibal in the sewer?) One might describe this book as a wonderful Sox adventure. Gerard Purciello is an amazing author. I would read other books by Mr. Purciello. (However, the language could have been chosen more wisely for the displayed age group.) All and all, I loved THE YEAR THEY WON. It's a great book, not only for Red Sox fans, but for all baseball fans'well, maybe not Yankee fans (just kidding)! By a Flamingnet Book Reviewer for www.flamingnet.com
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