Shoeless Joe & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure (Hardcover)

~ (Author) "I CAN TRAVEL THROUGH TIME..." (more)
Key Phrases: hot dog guy, Shoeless Joe, World Series, White Sox (more...)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

In this latest Baseball Card Adventure, Shoeless Joe & Me by Dan Gutman, Joe "Stosh" Stoshack travels back to 1919 but will he be in time to prevent Shoeless Joe Jackson from being implicated in a conspiracy to throw the World Series?
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From School Library Journal

Grades 4-7--"Life isn't always fair," the team's sponsor tells 13-year-old Joe "Stosh" Stoshack after an umpire errs in calling him out during the Louisville Little League Championship. To reinforce his message, Flip tells the boy about the 1919 Black Sox Scandal, when gamblers allegedly paid Shoeless Joe Jackson and seven other members of the Chicago White Sox to throw the World Series. They were expelled from baseball for life, but Flip contends that the illiterate Jackson was innocent. What Flip doesn't know is that Stosh can time travel into the past via old baseball cards. He goes back to 1919 to try to save Shoeless Joe and meets him shortly before the fateful payoff is about to be made. The criminals are out to make sure that nothing interferes with their profits and are willing to kill the boy if necessary. Antique photographs, baseball cards, and news clippings add to the authentic representation of the time. Action is intense and exciting, both on and off the baseball field, and there are touches of humor when Stosh mixes up his own era with 1919. The story evokes strong sympathy for Jackson, and an endnote suggests that readers write to the Baseball Hall of Fame in support of his induction. The fourth in a series, this novel is an intriguing melding of sports history and science fiction that should be a hit with middle-school readers.
Elaine E. Knight, Lincoln Elementary Schools, IL
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins; 1st edition (March 5, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060292539
• ISBN-13: 978-0060292539
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,081,938 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Shoeless Joe Jackson and Me, November 3, 2003

By A Customer

Shoeless Joe Jackson and Me is a great book written by Dan Gutman. It is a story about a boy named Stosh who can travel back into time using baseball cards. He learns the story about the White Sox scandal with 9 players who got kicked out of baseball for throwing the World Series. He tries to go back into time to the 1920's and stop Shoeless Joe Jackson player for the Chicago White Sox, from throwing the World Series. This book has great detail and really shows how it was in the 1920's. This is a great time travel book, and I would recommend this book to any one that likes a good thrill. You might know some other books written by Dan Gutman, like Honus and Me, Jackie and Me, and Babe and Me . I hope you check out some of the other great books that Dan Gutman has written.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Baseball, March 5, 2002

By	Esfandiar Bardon R (Mill Valley CA,USA) - See all my reviews

This is a really good book about history about Shoeless Joe Jackson. It is a great childrens book for everybodies age even people who hate baseball will enjoy this great, great book. it has lot's of baseball and action that ins't that violent. it is a great book

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SHOELESS JOE AND ME, May 27, 2004

A Kid's Review

This book rocked so much it was the best book i've ever read!!! It was my favorite book of all times. I did a report on this book and got a A. This book tells a lot of facts about the "Black Sox Scandle" It is helpful for trus facts. I would give this ten stars if I could.