18 books like Honus & Me

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Babe & me Dan Gutman · 2000 · ★ 4.2 · 161p · ≈ 5h · Moderate On October 1, 1932, during Game Three of the Chicago Cubs -- New York Yankees World Series, Babe Ruth belted a long home run to straightaway centerfield. According to legend, just before he hit, Babe pointed to the bleachers and boldly predicted he would slam the next pitch there.Did he call the shot or didn't he? Witnesses never agreed. Like other baseball fans, Joe Stoshack wants to know the… Shares: Baseball cards in fiction, Baseball cards, Baseball in fiction, Baseball

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

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 stories, Baseball, 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 stories, Baseball, Time travel in 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 stories, Baseball, Time Travel

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

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 stories, 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 stories, Baseball, Time Travel

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 stories, Baseball, 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 stories, 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, 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

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

See You Later, Gladiator Jon Scieszka · 2000 · ★ 4.1 · 87p · ≈ 2h · 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, Children's fiction

Timeriders Alex Scarrow · 2010 · ★ 3.8 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Littérature jeunesse: roman de science-fiction Liam O'Connor aurait dû mourir en mer en 1912. Maddy Carter aurait dû mourir en avion en 2010. Sal Vikram aurait dû mourir dans un incendie en 2026. Mais à la dernière seconde, sauvés par un homme mystérieux, ils ont échappé à leur destin. Désormais, les trois adolescents vivent en marge de l'Histoire, au service d'une agence dont nul ne connaît… Shares: Time Travel, Children's fiction

Rex (Time Soldiers) Kathleen Duey · 2000 · ★ 5.0 · 64p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Swirling trees reveal a tunnel to prehistoric times to six best friends, putting them in a land with dinosaurs Shares: Time Travel, Children's fiction

Time Cat Lloyd Alexander · 1963 · ★ 3.8 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Jason and his magic cat Gareth travel through time to visit countries all over the world during different periods of history. Shares: Time Travel, Children's fiction

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