Haunting at Home Plate vs Shoeless Joe & Me: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Baseball stories, Baseball, Children's fiction, Fiction
Haunting at Home Plate
After they hear stories about their baseball field being haunted by the ghost of a boy who died there many years ago, twelve-year-old Nelson and his teammates start finding mysterious messages written in the dirt.
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Shoeless Joe & Me
When Joe Stoshack hears about Shoeless Joe Jackson -- and the gambling scandal that destroyed the star player's career -- he knows what he has to do. If he travels back in time with a 1919 baseball card in his hand, he…
The verdict
- Readers rate Shoeless Joe & Me highest: Shoeless Joe & Me 4.1 · Haunting at Home Plate 3.8.
- Shoeless Joe & Me has the widest readership — 3137 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Haunting at Home Plate | Shoeless Joe & Me | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.1 (3137) |
| Hardcover | — | 3.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (85) |
Reception
| Haunting at Home Plate | Shoeless Joe & Me | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1 | 3137 |
| Editions | 11 | 17 |
| Want to read | — | 703 |
| Reading it now | — | 118 |
| Written reviews | — | 171 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 653 |
| Pages | 181 | 163 |