18 books like Babe & me

What to read after Babe & me — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Jackie and me Dan Gutman · 1999 · ★ 4.2 · 145p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Like every other kid in his class, Joe Stoscack has to write a report on an African American who's made an important contribution to society. Unlike every other kid in his class, Joe has a special talent: with the help of old baseball cards, he can travel through time. So for his report, Joe decides to go back to meet one of the greatest baseball players ever, Jackie Robinson, to find out what it… Shares: Baseball cards in fiction, Baseball cards, Baseball in fiction, Baseball

Honus & Me Dan Gutman · 1997 · ★ 4.5 · 142p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Joe Stoshack lives for baseball. He knows everything there is to know about the game -- except how to play well. His specialty is striking out. Stosh feels like a real loser, and when he takes a low-paying job cleaning a bunch of junk out of his neighbor's attic, he feels even worse -- until he comes across a little piece of cardboard that takes his breath away. His heart is racing. His brain is… Shares: Baseball cards in fiction, Baseball cards, Baseball in fiction, Baseball

Satch & me Dan Gutman · 2006 · ★ 4.5 · 175p · ≈ 5h · Moderate "You wanna know who threw the fastest pitch ever?"Many baseball players claim that Satchel Paige was the fastest pitcher in the history of the game. Stosh and his coach, Flip Valentini, are on a mission to find out. With radar gun in tow, they travel back to 1942 and watch Satch pitch to power hitter Josh Gibson in the Negro League World Series. They soon learn that everything about Satch is fast… Shares: Baseball in fiction, Baseball, Time travel in fiction, Time Travel

Jim & me Dan Gutman · 2008 · ★ 4.1 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Moderate He was the world's greatest athlete, and a hero — until his medals were taken away.Stosh is shocked when his enemy, Bobby Fuller, begs him for a favor. He wants Stosh to take him back in time to meet Native American Jim Thorpe — an Olympic champion who lost his medals in a scandal. Thorpe went on to play professional baseball and football, but he could never again achieve such fame. His name was… Shares: Baseball in fiction, Baseball, Time travel in fiction, Time Travel

Shoeless Joe & Me Dan Gutman · 2002 · ★ 4.1 · 163p · ≈ 5h · Moderate 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 just might be able to prevent the infamous Black Sox Scandal from ever taking place. And if he could do that, Shoeless Joe Jackson would finally take his rightful place in the… Shares: Baseball cards, Baseball, Time Travel, Children's fiction

Abner & me Dan Gutman · 2005 · ★ 4.0 · 166p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Cannons are blasting!Bullets are flying!Wounded soldiers are everywhere!Stosh has time-traveled to 1863, right into the middle of the Civil War. In possibly his most exciting and definitely his most dangerous trip yet, Stosh has decided to answer the question for all time: did Abner Doubleday, a Civil War general, really invent the game of baseball?It's all here: big laughs, dramatic action, fast… Shares: Baseball cards, Baseball, Time Travel, Historical Fiction

Skinnybones Barbara Park · 1982 · ★ 4.0 · 111p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Alex's active sense of humor helps him get along with the school braggart, make the most of his athletic talents, and simply get by in a hectic world. Shares: Baseball in fiction, Baseball, Children's fiction

Mickey & Me Dan Gutman · 2003 · ★ 4.5 · 156p · ≈ 5h · Moderate When Joe Stoshack's dad ends up in the hospital after a car accident, he has two words to say to his son: Mickey Mantle. For Stosh has a special power -- with a baseball card in hand, he can travel back in time. And his dad has a rare card -- Mantle's valuable 1951 rookie card. "I've been thinking about it for a long time. Go back to 1951. You're the only one who can do it," Dad whispers.That… Shares: Baseball cards, Baseball, Time Travel, Children's fiction

Haunting at Home Plate David Patneaude · 2000 · ★ 4.0 · 181p · ≈ 6h · Moderate 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. Shares: Baseball, Children's fiction

Dragon of the Red Dawn Mary Pope Osborne · 2007 · ★ 4.0 · 108p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Merlin the magician will not eat or sleep or speak to anyone in Camelot. What can be done? The enchantress Morgan knows who to ask for help: young Jack and Annie of Frog Creek, Pennsylvania! The brother-and-sister team quickly head off in the magic tree house on another magical and historical adventure. Shares: Time travel in fiction, Time Travel, Historical Fiction, Children's fiction

Summerland Michael Chabon · 2002 · ★ 3.8 · 500p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Ethan Feld, the worst baseball player in the history of the game, finds himself recruited by a 100-year-old scout to help a band of fairies triumph over an ancient enemy. Shares: Baseball, Children's fiction

Stage Fright on a Summer Night Mary Pope Osborne · 2002 · ★ 4.5 · 71p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Jack and Annie travel in their magic tree house to Elizabethan London, where they become actors in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream and try to rescue a tame bear. Shares: Time travel in fiction, Time Travel, Children's fiction

Twister on Tuesday Mary Pope Osborne · 2001 · ★ 4.4 · 70p · ≈ 2h · Moderate When Jack and Annie travel back to the Kansas prairie in search of "something to learn," they gain an understanding of how hard life was for pioneers and they experience the terror of a tornado. Shares: Time travel in fiction, Time Travel, Children's fiction

Gifts Ursula K. Le Guin · 2004 · ★ 3.7 · 274p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Young adult story about finding one's place in the world. Shares: Fathers and sons, Children's fiction

Lord of the Nutcracker men Iain Lawrence · 2001 · ★ 3.9 · 212p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Ten-year-old Johnny eagerly plays at war with the army of nutcracker soldiers his toymaker father whittles for him. He demolishes imaginary foes. But in 1914 Germany looms as the real enemy of Europe, and all too soon Johnny's father is swept up in the war to end all wars. He proudly enlists with his British countrymen to fight at the front in France. The war, though, is nothing like what any… Shares: Fathers and sons, Historical Fiction, Children's fiction

Knights of the Kitchen Table Jon Scieszka · 1987 · ★ 4.0 · 55p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Everyone’s favorite time-travelers are changing their style! The Time Warp Trio series now features a brand-new, eye-catching design, sure to appeal to longtime fans, and those new to Jon Scieszka’s wacky brand of humor. Shares: Time Travel, Historical Fiction, Children's fiction

A Walk in Wolf Wood Mary Stewart · 1980 · ★ 3.8 · 148p · ≈ 4h · Moderate When a weeping man in a strange costume passes their picnic spot and disappears into the nearby woods, a brother and sister decide to follow him and soon find themselves involved in the rescue of a werewolf in the 14th century. Shares: Time Travel, Children's fiction

Shadow of a bull Maia Wojciechowska · 1964 · ★ 3.6 · 151p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Maia Wojciechowska's family fled Poland during World War II and emigrated to the United States after the war. She worked as an undercover detective, a motorcycle racer, a translator for Radio Free Europe, and a bullfighter before turning to writing. She was a friend of Ernest Hemingway, who said she knew more about bullfighting than any other woman. [from Amazon.com]"Manolo was only three when… Shares: Fathers and sons, Children's fiction

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