Rating:  Summary: Home Run!!!!! Review: 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.
Rating:  Summary: Honus and Me Review: 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!
Rating:  Summary: honus and me Review: This is a fanastic book I really enjoy it alot.My favorite part is the part when Honus tell's joe to bat and he hits a ball to second and then steals to third after a wild pitch he goes to home and is.... You have to read this
Rating:  Summary: Honus and Me Review: This is a great book! First, Honus comes to the future to meet Joe Stoshack and then they both go back to Honus's time. Joe gets his dream and gets to play in a professionall game. At the end something REALLY COOL happens. I encourage all kids who are interested in baseball to read this book. P.S. I'm not giving any more away otherwise I would ruin the surprise!
Rating:  Summary: Great! Review: This is a great story- a never-put-it-down novel. Exciting and entertaining, the chapters go by in seconds. Dan Gutman does a great job of keeping the space-time continuim together and displays his excellency in this first-of-many series.
Rating:  Summary: This is my favorite of all my books. I hope you'll like it. Review: This is my favorite book of all my books, I think partially because it was rejected by eight publishers before Avon published it. There will be two sequels--Jackie & Me and Babe & Me.
Rating:  Summary: Home Run!!!!! Review: 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.
Rating:  Summary: Great Historical Fun! Review: 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.
Rating:  Summary: Cool Book! Review: When a boy finds a VERY RARE baseball card in someone's attic, he is faced with the decision whether to return it or not. There are only 40 of these cards in the world! With this card he is able to meet the baseball star Honus Wagner. He goes back in time and finds himself an adult, bats for Honus Wagner because Honus's hand was hurt, and actually hits a home run! I am no baseball fan, but I have read ALL of Dan's books about baseball and loved them, and this was probably my favorite. P.S. This has a surprising ending, which is really cool, but I'll let you find out about that for yourself!
Rating:  Summary: I find this Book Funny,Surpising,action packed,and Romantic Review: 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.
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