The Colorado Curveball
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Chapter Book · Ages 6–9 · 2020 · Est. 2 hour read

The Colorado Curveball

Written by David A. Kelly · Illustrated by Mark Meyers

Book #16 in the Ballpark Mysteries series

A snowy ballpark, a mysterious note, and a dinosaur—can Mike and Kate solve the mystery before the game?

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112 pages· 9,706 words· Est. 2 hour read
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In snowy Colorado, cousins Mike and Kate face a chilling mystery at the ballpark. A cryptic note warns of sabotage, threatening the big game. As they dig deeper, their sleuthing takes them underground and even face to face with a dinosaur. Can they unravel the clues and save the day, or will the scoreboard be tampered with? Join the adventure where baseball meets mystery, and every pitch counts.

From the publisher

Batter up! Baseball action and exciting whodunits star in this chapter book series! Next up is Colorado! Mike and Kate arrive in Colorado to a ballpark covered in snow! Luckily, the stadium has a heater that can melt the fluffy flakes in time for next day’s game. But when the ballpark engineers get a mysterious note saying that someone may tamper with the scoreboard, the snow becomes the least of the cousins’ problems. It’s time for Mike and Kate to switch into sleuth mode and solve a mystery that will take them underground, a mile above sea level, and even face to face with a dinosaur! Ballpark Mysteries are the all-star matchup of fun sleuthing and baseball action, perfect for readers of Ron Roy’s A to Z Mysteries and Matt Christopher’s sports books, and younger siblings of Mike Lupica fans. Each Ballpark Mystery also features Dugout Notes with more amazing baseball facts.

At a glance
Format
Paperback
Pages
112
Words
9,706
Reading age
6–9
Audience
Juvenile Reader
Lexile
600L
Themes & topics
Books about baseballBooks about sports and recreationBooks about cousinsBooks about mysteriesBooks about dinosaurs
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
~3.9
F&P level
~O
Publication
Published
February 4, 2020
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780525578987

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