Searching for Candlestick Park

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Summary: An exciting runaway story with a happy ending!
Review: At first I was bothered that Spencer was lying and stealing to run away from his aunt's Seattle area home, where he was living with his mother, so he could search for his father in San Francisco. But once I realized that he was keeping a list of all the things he "borrowed" from people so he could pay them back, I relaxed and found myself getting involved in this bicycle/hitch-hike/bus ride adventure. While it's easy to get the impression that "Searching for Candlestick Park" glamorizes running away, in the end it serves as a warning for how dangerous this can be.

We added this book to our school library at the insistent request of a sixth grader who had read it in another school. After we acquired several copies, it was constantly checked out, including one copy that this same boy read at least two more times!

Another good "on the road" adventure with a happy ending is "Bud, Not Buddy." Enjoy.

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Summary: Good Book
Review: I thought this was a good book. Until I got to the ending. I thought it was a dissapointing ending! If I could rewrite this book, I would change the ending so it's more exciting. The characters are cool. It's about a boy who wants to find his dad who work's in Candlestick Park (now 3com park) Or so he thinks. On his trip from Seattle to California, he runs into all kinds of obstacles. He has to find food, money, and his cat foxy, who runs away in a place that he's never been to before. I loved the book! I reccomend it to anyone who likes Baseball or if you've ever run away!

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Summary: Searching for Candlestick Park
Review: This book is about a boy named Spencer that is 12 years old. He had to move to Seattle with his mom to his Aunts house because his mom wasn't paying the rent.He has a cat that he brings but his aunt doesn't like the cat so Spencer runs away from home to go and find his dad in San Francisco. His dad is a big Giants fan. Spencer finds his dad but Spencer can't live with him because now his dad has a girl friend and there is not enough room for all of them. So Spencers dad buys him an airplane ticket to go home and now Spencer and his mom moved back to there old house because now they have enough money.This is a very good book!