Roberto & Me (Baseball Card Adventures) - Hardcover

Gutman, Dan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061234842 ISBN 13: 9780061234842

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2010

Synopsis

Sometimes you can change history . . . and sometimes history can change you.

When Stosh travels into the past to meet Roberto Clemente, a legendary ballplayer and a beloved humanitarian, he's got only one goal: warning Roberto not to get on the doomed plane that will end his life in a terrible crash. In the sixties, Stosh meets free-spirited Sunrise, and together they travel across the country to a ball game that leaves them breathless—and face-to-face with Roberto. But when the time comes for Stosh to return to the future, he finds that the adventure has only just begun. . . .

Join Stosh and Sunrise on a journey that will take you into the past, from the excitement of Woodstock to a life-changing encounter with Roberto Clemente—and into a surprising future!

About this title

About the Author:

Dan Gutman is the New York Times bestselling author of the Genius Files series; the Baseball Card Adventure series, which has sold more than 1.5 million copies around the world; and the My Weird School series, which has sold more than 12 million copies. Thanks to his many fans who voted in their classrooms, Dan has received nineteen state book awards and ninety-two state book award nominations. He lives in New York City with his wife, Nina. You can visit him online at www.dangutman.com.

From Booklist:

Aiming to save the life of baseball player Roberto Clemente, Stosh uses a Clemente baseball card as a time machine and unexpectedly lands at Woodstock in 1969. He makes his way to Crosley Field in Cincinnati, befriends Clemente, delivers his warning, and returns home. With a third of the book left to go, the tenth Baseball Card Adventure book takes a turn that will surprise devoted fans of the series. While the two distinct journeys take the book in different directions, and the writing occasionally sounds purposeful, this series entry is both amusing and informative. Grades 4-6. --Carolyn Phelan

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0061234842
• ISBN 13: 9780061234842
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192