Shoeless Joe & Me
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Chapter Book · Ages 10–13 · 2002 · Est. 3.5 hour read

Shoeless Joe & Me

Written by Dan Gutman

Book #4 in the Baseball Card Adventures series

Can time travel save a baseball legend from scandal?

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176 pages· 29,877 words· Est. 3.5 hour read· 600L
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Bookroo's summary

Joe Stoshack discovers a way to travel back to 1919, aiming to stop the scandal that ruined Shoeless Joe Jackson's career. With a baseball card in hand, Joe faces the challenge of preventing a fateful bribe from reaching the star player. Can he alter history and secure Jackson's place in the Hall of Fame, or will temptation prove too strong? As the big game looms, Joe must navigate the past's uncertainties to change the future. Will his actions rewrite history, or is some fate inevitable?

From the publisher

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 Baseball Hall of Fame.But can Stosh prevent that tempting envelope full of money from making its way to Shoeless Joe’s hotel room before the big game?

At a glance
Format
Paperback
Pages
176
Words
29,877
Reading age
10–13
Audience
Middle Grade
Lexile
600L
Themes & topics
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
~3.9
F&P level
~O
Publication
Published
March 4, 2003
First published
March 5, 2002
Publisher
HarperCollins
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780064472593
LCCN
2001024638
OCLC
51887214

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