18 books like Satch & me

What to read after Satch & 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: African Americans in fiction, Baseball in fiction, Baseball, Time travel in fiction

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

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 in fiction, Baseball, Time travel in fiction, Time Travel

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 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, Children's fiction

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, 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

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, Time Travel, Children's fiction

M.C. Higgins, the Great Virginia Hamilton · 1974 · ★ 3.1 · 238p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Hamilton’s classic coming-of-age tale: The National Book Award– and Newbery Award–winning novel about a young man who must choose between supporting his tight-knit family and pursuing his own dreams Mayo Cornelius Higgins perches on top of a homemade forty-foot tower, considering two destinies. Behind him is his family’s beloved house at the foot of a mountain that strip mining has reduced to… Shares: African Americans in fiction, African Americans, 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

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

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, Time Travel, Children's fiction

Double Star Robert A. Heinlein · 1956 · ★ 3.9 · 159p · ≈ 5h · Moderate One minute, down and out actor Lorenzo Smythe was — as usual — in a bar, drinking away his troubles as he watched his career go down the tubes. Then a space pilot bought him a drink, and the next thing Smythe knew, he was shanghaied to Mars. Suddenly he found himself agreeing to the most difficult role of his career: impersonating an important politician who had been kidnapped. Peace with the… Shares: Science Fiction, 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

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, Science Fiction, Children's fiction

Dragons in a Bag Zetta Elliott · 2018 · ★ 4.0 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate When Jaxon is sent to spend the day with a mean old lady his mother calls Ma, he finds out she s not his grandmother but she is a witch! She needs his help delivering baby dragons to a magical world where they ll be safe. Shares: African Americans, Children's fiction

Found Margaret Peterson Haddix · 2008 · ★ 4.0 · 314p · ≈ 10h · Moderate When thirteen-year-olds Jonah and Chip, who are both adopted, learn they were discovered on a plane that appeared out of nowhere, full of babies with no adults on board, they realize that they have uncovered a mystery involving time travel and two opposing forces, each trying to repair the fabric of time. Shares: Time Travel, Science Fiction, Children's fiction

Dustland Virginia Hamilton · 1980 · ★ 3.5 · 214p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Four children, all possessing extraordinary mental powers, are projected far into the future to a bleak region called Dustland. Shares: African Americans, Time Travel, Children's fiction

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